com.fatwire.gst.foundation.controller.annotation

Class AnnotationUtils

java.lang.Object

com.fatwire.gst.foundation.controller.annotation.AnnotationUtils

Deprecated.

public final class AnnotationUtils
extends Object

Helper class to work with Annotations.

Since:

May 27, 2011

Author:

Dolf Dijkstra

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static <T> Field	findField(Object a, Class<T> type) Deprecated. Searches the object for a field annotated with the InjectForRequest annotation of the provided type.
static <T> T	findService(Object object, Class<T> type) Deprecated.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

findService

public static <T> T findService(Object object,
                                Class<T> type)

Deprecated.

Type Parameters:

T - the class of the object that is returned .

Parameters:

object - the object containing the object to find.

type - the Class of the type that is searched for.

Returns:

the object that is present on the field with the InjectForRequest annotation.

findField

public static <T> Field findField(Object a,
                                  Class<T> type)

Deprecated.

Searches the object for a field annotated with the InjectForRequest annotation of the provided type.

For instance @InjectForRequest Service service; is defined on the class as a field, then findField(object,Service.class); will return the Field service.

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the field to look for.

Parameters:

a - the object to search on for the typed field.

type - type to search for

Returns:

the class field with the InjectForRequest annotation of the Class type.