Package com.mrivanplays.annotationconfig.core.serialization

Interface AnnotationAccessor

public interface AnnotationAccessor

Represents an annotation accessor, a controlled manner of accessing (field) annotations.

Since:

3.0.0

Author:

MrIvanPlays

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final AnnotationAccessor	EMPTY	Returns an AnnotationAccessor, which getAnnotation(Class) method will always return Optional.empty()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static AnnotationAccessor	createFromField(Field field)	Creates a new AnnotationAccessor from the specified Field field
<T extends Annotation> Optional<T>	getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass)	Returns an Optional, which may be fulfilled with the needed Annotation, nailed to the specified Class annotationClass.

Field Details

EMPTY

static final AnnotationAccessor EMPTY

Returns an AnnotationAccessor, which getAnnotation(Class) method will always return Optional.empty()

Method Details

createFromField

static AnnotationAccessor createFromField(Field field)

Creates a new AnnotationAccessor from the specified Field field

Parameters:

field - field to create annotation accessor from

Returns:

annotation accessor

getAnnotation

<T extends Annotation> Optional<T> getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass)

Returns an Optional, which may be fulfilled with the needed Annotation, nailed to the specified Class annotationClass.

Type Parameters:

T - annotation type

Parameters:

annotationClass - annotation class

Returns:

annotation or empty optional