[jboss-dev-forums] [Design the new POJO MicroContainer] - Re: Annotation processing

[adrian@jboss.org]

"alesj" wrote : "adrian at jboss.org" wrote : 
  |   | and add an isEmpty() to the MetaData api.
  |   | 
  | What would mean that MetaData.isEmpty() == true?
  | 
  | This?
  | 
  |   |    public boolean isEmpty()
  |   |    {
  |   |       MetaDatasItem items = retrieval.retrieveMetaData();
  |   |       return items == null || items.getMetaDatas() == null || items.getMetaDatas().length == 0; 
  |   |    }
  |   | 

Yes, but I think you should propogate the isEmpty() through the api
such that it can be done in a more efficient manner where possible.
i.e. no need to construct the metadata array from the annotations and plain
metadata just to see if there are any.

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