[webbeans-dev] XML Annotation Configurations

[Gavin King]

Annotation types are interfaces; just implement them :)

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On Dec 12, 2008, at 2:18 PM, Gurkan Erdogdu <gurkanerdogdu at yahoo.com>  
wrote:

> Hi;
>
> While parsing the XML file for Binding annotations, we get class  
> files for binding annotation in hand, but we are not able to  
> instantiate Annotation object from this file . But when resolving  
> injection points, the API expects Annotation array in the Manager API.
>
> For example; in XML injection point decleration, such as Initializer  
> method
>
> <myapp:setPaymentProcessor>
>     <Initializer/>
>     <myapp:PaymentProcessor>
>         <myapp:PayBy>CHEQUE</myapp:PayBy>
>     </myapp:PaymentProcessor>
>     <myfwk:Logger/>
> </myapp:setPaymentProcessor>
>
> PayBy is a binding type but we can get just class name of this  
> binding type with Class.forName(""). How could create the Annotation  
> object from this class file to input into the Manager resolution  
> methods to resolve parameters?
>
> Or this definition means that, setPaymentProcessor method has  
> already PaymentProcessor type parameter with PayBy annotation and we  
> just care this annotation not other binding annotations (i.o.w  
> binding type that is configured in the XML has to be declared in the  
> method ?) , for example;
>
> In class;
>
> ....
> {
>   public void setPaymentProcessor(@PayBy(CHEQUE) @OtherBinding  
> param1){} --> We just care about @PayBy?
> }
>
>
> So we can get Annotation with using method.getGenericParameterTypes()?
>
> Thanks;
>
> Gurkan
>
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