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

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