Re: [forge-dev] [Roaster] Don't know how to add an annotation inside another one

It's not like I have the choice. This is the way you model a constraint with Bean Validation : http://beanvalidation.org/1.1/spec/#constraintsdefinitionimplementation-m... 2014-03-22 9:11 GMT+01:00 Luca Masini <luca.masini.mailing.list(a)gmail.com&gt; : Why don't you model it like "NamedQueries/NamedQuery" ? > > > 2014-03-22 7:25 GMT+01:00 Antonio Goncalves <antonio.mailing(a)gmail.com&gt;: > >> Hi, >> >> This is a Roaster question. I've been trying to create a Bean Validation >> constraint properly... in vain. What I want to achieve is the following >> (notice the @List annotation) : >> >> @Target({*METHOD*, *FIELD*, *ANNOTATION_TYPE*, *CONSTRUCTOR*, >> *PARAMETER*}) >> @Retention(*RUNTIME*) >> @Documented >> @Constraint(validatedBy = {}) >> *public *@*interface *Email { >> >> String message() *default **"wrong email address"*; >> >> Class<?>[] groups() *default *{}; >> >> Class<? *extends *Payload>[] payload() *default *{}; >> >> @Target({*METHOD*, *FIELD*, *ANNOTATION_TYPE*, *CONSTRUCTOR*, >> *PARAMETER*}) >> @Retention(*RUNTIME*) >> @*interface **List* { >> Email[] value(); >> } >> } >> >> >> This is the code I've written. Both annotation are generated >> separately... but I don't know how to add listAnnotation inside >> emailAnnotation. Any idea ? >> >> Thanks >> >> >> public class Main { >> public static void main(String[] args) { >> >> >> >> >> // This is the inner annotation List >> >> final JavaAnnotationSource listAnnotation = Roaster.create(JavaAnnotationSource.class); >> >> >> >> listAnnotation.setName("List"); >> >> >> >> listAnnotation.addAnnotation(Retention.class).setEnumValue(RUNTIME); >> >> >> >> listAnnotation.addAnnotation(Target.class).setEnumValue(METHOD, FIELD, PARAMETER, TYPE); >> >> >> >> listAnnotation.addAnnotationElement("Email[] value()"); >> >> >> >> System.out.println(listAnnotation); >> >> >> >> >> // This is the annotation @Email >> >> final JavaAnnotationSource emailAnnotation = Roaster.create(JavaAnnotationSource.class); >> >> >> >> emailAnnotation.setPackage("org.agoncal.proj.constraints").setName("Email"); >> >> >> >> emailAnnotation.addImport(Payload.class); >> >> >> >> emailAnnotation.addAnnotation(Documented.class); >> >> >> >> emailAnnotation.addAnnotation(Retention.class).setEnumValue(RUNTIME); >> >> >> >> emailAnnotation.addAnnotation(Target.class).setEnumValue(METHOD, FIELD, PARAMETER, TYPE); >> >> >> >> emailAnnotation.addAnnotation(Constraint.class).setLiteralValue("validatedBy", "{}"); >> >> >> >> emailAnnotation.addAnnotationElement("String message() default \"wrong email address\""); >> >> >> >> emailAnnotation.addAnnotationElement("Class<?>[] groups() default {}"); >> >> >> >> emailAnnotation.addAnnotationElement("Class<? extends Payload>[] payload() default {}"); >> >> >> >> // I was expecting to have a method like that so I could add annotation inside another one >> // emailAnnotation.addAnnotationElement(emailAnnotation); >> System.out.println(emailAnnotation); >> >> >> >> >> } >> >> } >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Antonio Goncalves >> Software architect and Java Champion >> >> Web site <http://www.antoniogoncalves.org/> | Twitter<http://twitter.com/agoncal> >> | LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/agoncal> | Paris JUG<http://www.parisjug.org/> >> | Devoxx France <http://www.devoxx.fr/> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> forge-dev mailing list >> forge-dev(a)lists.jboss.org >> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/forge-dev >> > > > > -- > **************************************** > http://www.lucamasini.net > http://twitter.com/lmasini > http://www.linkedin.com/pub/luca-masini/7/10/2b9 > **************************************** > > _______________________________________________ > forge-dev mailing list > forge-dev(a)lists.jboss.org > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/forge-dev > -- Antonio Goncalves Software architect and Java Champion Web site <http://www.antoniogoncalves.org/> | Twitter<http://twitter.com/agoncal> | LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/agoncal> | Paris JUG<http://www.parisjug.org/> | Devoxx France <http://www.devoxx.fr/> _______________________________________________ forge-dev mailing list forge-dev(a)lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/forge-dev