org.springframework.richclient.util
Class AnnotationUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.richclient.util.AnnotationUtils

public class AnnotationUtils
extends Object

General utility methods for working with annotations.

Since:

May 8, 2006 4:57:20 PM

Author:

andy

Constructor Summary

AnnotationUtils()

Method Summary

static Collection<Annotation>

getAnnotationsFor(PropertyDescriptor property) Retrieves all annotations present on the specified property.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AnnotationUtils

public AnnotationUtils()

Method Detail

getAnnotationsFor

public static Collection<Annotation> getAnnotationsFor(PropertyDescriptor property)

Retrieves all annotations present on the specified property. This method will gather the annotations present on both the getter and the setter of the property. If a particular Annotation type appears on both the getter and setter, then the instance appearing on the Getter will override (replace) the instance appearing on the Setter.

Parameters:

property -

Returns:

collection containing all annotations present on the specified property. This method will never return null, but will return an empty Collection if no annotations appear on the property.