org.apache.directory.server.core.annotations

Class AnnotationUtils

java.lang.Object

org.apache.directory.server.core.annotations.AnnotationUtils

public final class AnnotationUtils
extends java.lang.Object

An helper class used to find annotations in methods and classes

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
private	AnnotationUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.lang.Object	getInstance(java.lang.Class<? extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> clazz) Get an instance of a class extracted from the annotation found in the method or the class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AnnotationUtils

private AnnotationUtils()

Method Detail

getInstance

public static java.lang.Object getInstance(java.lang.Class<? extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> clazz)
                                    throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Get an instance of a class extracted from the annotation found in the method or the class. We iterate on the stack trace until we find the desired annotation.

Parameters:

clazz - The Annotation we want to get an instance for

Returns:

The instance or null if no annotation is found

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - If we can't find a class