org.exolab.javasource

Class JAnnotationType

public final class JAnnotationType extends JStructure

Describes the definition of a annotation type class.

   JAnnotationType type = new JAnnotationType("RequestForEnhancement");
   type.addElement(new JAnnotationTypeElement("id", JType.Int));
   type.addElement(new JAnnotationTypeElement("synopsis", new JType("String")));
   JAnnotationTypeElement engineer;
   engineer = new JAnnotationTypeElement("engineer", new JType("String"));
   engineer.setDefaultString("\"[unassigned]\"");
   type.addElement(engineer);
   JAnnotationTypeElement date;
   date = new JAnnotationTypeElement("date", new JType("String"));
   date.setDefaultString("\"[unimplemented]\"");
   type.addElement(date);

outputs

   public @interface RequestForEnhancement {
       int id();
       String synopsis();
       String engineer() default "[unassigned]";
       String date() default "[unimplemented]";
   }

Author: Andrew Fawcett

Constructor Summary
	JAnnotationType(String name) Creates a JAnnotationType of the given name.

Method Summary
void	addElement(JAnnotationTypeElement jElement) Adds the given JAnnotationTypeElement to this JAnnotationType.
void	addField(JField jField) Not implemented.
void	addMember(JMember jMember) Adds the given JMember to this JAnnotationType.
JAnnotationTypeElement	getElement(String name) Returns the member with the given name, or null if no member was found with the given name.
JAnnotationTypeElement[]	getElements() Returns an Array containing all our JAnnotationTypeElements.
JField	getField(String name) Not implemented.
JField[]	getFields() Not implemented.
static void	main(String[] args) Test.
void	print(JSourceWriter jsw) Prints the source code for this JAnnotationType to the given JSourceWriter.