Module org.cojen.maker

Package org.cojen.maker

Interface AnnotationMaker

public interface AnnotationMaker

Defines the contents of an annotation.

See Also:

• Maker.addAnnotation
• Variable.addAnnotation

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
AnnotationMaker	newAnnotation(Object annotationType)	Define a new annotation, which can be put into this annotation at most once.
void	put(String name, Object value)	Put a name-value pair into the annotation, where the value can be a primitive type, a String, an Enum, a Class, an AnnotationMaker, or an array.

Method Details

put

void put(String name,
 Object value)

Put a name-value pair into the annotation, where the value can be a primitive type, a String, an Enum, a Class, an AnnotationMaker, or an array.

Parameters:

name - annotation element name

value - annotation element value

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if value is unsupported

IllegalStateException - if name is already in this annotation

IllegalStateException - if value is an incorrectly used AnnotationMaker

newAnnotation

AnnotationMaker newAnnotation(Object annotationType)

Define a new annotation, which can be put into this annotation at most once.

Parameters:

annotationType - name or class which refers to an annotation interface

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the annotation type is unsupported