Re: [forge-dev] Fully qualified classes within annotations?

Lincoln, Okay that may work for me. I tried it and Class seems okay. However Annotations are still tricky. I can do... if (Annotation.class.isAssignableFrom(returnType)) { String resolvedType = StringUtils.substringAfter(literalValue, "@"); resolvedType = ((JavaSource<?>) this.annotationSource.getOrigin()).resolveType(resolvedType); ...and 'resolvedType' is a fully qualified String. But how can I turn that String into a 'proper' AnnotationImpl Object? I need this so I can call .getLiteralValue(...attribute...) on it. Richard. On 14/01/2012 4:41 AM, Lincoln Baxter, III wrote: > Hey Richard, > > There is a method in JavaSource called resolveType(); This method will return the fully qualified type of the given Class name; however, there is a big > issue here at the moment. We cannot resolve wildcards, or classes from the same package that are in the 'package' visibility scope. > > https://issues.jboss.org/browse/FORGE-424 > > In these two cases, resolveType() will actually return the class name unchanged, which is your signal to take desperate measures, because I don't think > that we will be fixing this in time for .Final. In the case of Column.class, I would start by assuming that the class is what you expect, and in the case > of other unknown types, at this point - unfortunately - it's going to be up to you to figure out what that type is, and if reasonable assumptions can be > made. > > Sorry about this, I know it's a big gap, but it's going to take a lot of work to fix this as you might be able to see in the issue. But definitely call > resolveType() as a first step, then you'll have to "worry" about handling potential issues where the type information is not available. > > We also can't tell if a Class literal is a class, interface, enum, etc... > > ~Lincoln > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 11:46 PM, Richard Kennard < richard(a)kennardconsulting.com <mailto:richard@kennardconsulting.com>> wrote: > > Lincoln, > > As you may recall, the new 'static Metawidget' scaffolding tries to reuse Inspectors between the runtime/static worlds. To do this, it needs to reify the > annotations from org.jboss.forge.parser.java.Annotations into 'proper' java.lang.annotation.Annotations. > > This is mostly working, but I am struggling with reifying two things: > > 1. If the annotation's value is a Class > 2. If the annotation's value is another annotation > > The problem is the same in both cases - I am lacking the qualified name of the class/annotation. If they user enters: > > @MyAnnotation( Column.class ) > > Then I need to know that it's actually a javax.persistence.Column.class. This is a bit beyond me! I have left a couple of TODOs in ForgePropertyStyle and > in ForgePropertyStyleTest. Could you take a look? > > Regards, > > Richard. > _______________________________________________ > forge-dev mailing list > forge-dev(a)lists.jboss.org <mailto:forge-dev@lists.jboss.org> > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/forge-dev > > > > > -- > Lincoln Baxter, III > http://ocpsoft.com > http://scrumshark.com > "Keep it Simple" > > > _______________________________________________ > forge-dev mailing list > forge-dev(a)lists.jboss.org > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/forge-dev _______________________________________________ forge-dev mailing list forge-dev(a)lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/forge-dev