org.castor.core.annotationprocessing
Interface AnnotationProcessor

All Known Subinterfaces:

TargetAwareAnnotationProcessor

public interface AnnotationProcessor

The interface each specific annotation processor has to fulfill.

Since:

1.3

Author:

Joachim Grueneis

Method Summary

Class<? extends Annotation>	forAnnotationClass() Returns for which Annotation this processor is meant.
<I extends BaseNature,A extends Annotation> boolean	processAnnotation(I info, A annotation) The processing action of this processor.

Method Detail

forAnnotationClass

Class<? extends Annotation> forAnnotationClass()

Returns for which Annotation this processor is meant.

Returns:

the Class for which this processor is meant

processAnnotation

<I extends BaseNature,A extends Annotation> boolean processAnnotation(I info,
                                                                      A annotation)

The processing action of this processor. If an annotation is given which is not supported false is returned.

Parameters:

info - the Info class that should be filled with the information read

annotation - the annotation to process

Returns:

true, if the annotation was processed successfully, false if not