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

[Matt Benson]

This is an open issue: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/FORGE-1582

Matt

On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 12:43 PM, Lincoln Baxter, III
<lincolnbaxter at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Antonio,
>
> I don't really know how to do this off the top of my head. My guess is that
> you'll need to do what you've done for the prior elements and provide the
> definition using a String. Will this work until we can add this
> functionality to the API?
>
> ~Lincoln
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 10:37 AM, Antonio Goncalves
> <antonio.mailing at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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-multipleconstraints
>>
>>
>> 2014-03-22 9:11 GMT+01:00 Luca Masini
>> <luca.masini.mailing.list at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> Why don't you model it like "NamedQueries/NamedQuery" ?
>>>
>>>
>>> 2014-03-22 7:25 GMT+01:00 Antonio Goncalves <antonio.mailing at gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
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>>
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>>
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