org.kuali.student.common.spring

Class AnnotationUtils

java.lang.Object

org.kuali.student.common.spring.AnnotationUtils

public final class AnnotationUtils
extends Object

Author:

Kuali Student Team

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static boolean	doesMethodHierarchyContainAnnotation(Method readMethod, Class<? extends Annotation> annotation) Test if the given annotation exists on any implementation of the method.
static Set<Class<?>>	extractInterfaceContainingAnnotation(Object bean, Class<? extends Annotation> annotation) Extract the set of java interfaces from the class hierarchy of the bean provided that match the annotation provided.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

extractInterfaceContainingAnnotation

public static Set<Class<?>> extractInterfaceContainingAnnotation(Object bean,
                                                 Class<? extends Annotation> annotation)

Extract the set of java interfaces from the class hierarchy of the bean provided that match the annotation provided.

Parameters:

bean -

annotation -

Returns:

the set of java interfaces that match the annotation.

doesMethodHierarchyContainAnnotation

public static boolean doesMethodHierarchyContainAnnotation(Method readMethod,
                                           Class<? extends Annotation> annotation)

Test if the given annotation exists on any implementation of the method. This can be useful to find annotations on the DTO interface when looking at the DTO object.

Parameters:

readMethod - the method to evaluate

annotation - the annotation to look for

Returns:

true if the annotation is present on the method or any of its ancestor implementations back to the parent class/interface.