org.jboss.webbeans.util
Class ApiAbstraction

java.lang.Object
  org.jboss.webbeans.util.ApiAbstraction

Direct Known Subclasses:

EJB, JSF, Servlet

public class ApiAbstraction
extends java.lang.Object

A base class for utility classes that represent annotations, classes etc

Author:

Pete Muir

Nested Class Summary

static interface	ApiAbstraction.Dummy "Not found" class
static interface	ApiAbstraction.DummyAnnotation "Not found" annotation

Constructor Summary

ApiAbstraction()

Method Summary

protected static java.lang.Class<? extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation>	annotationTypeForName(java.lang.String name) Initializes an annotation class
protected static java.lang.Class<?>	classForName(java.lang.String name) Initializes a type

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ApiAbstraction

public ApiAbstraction()

Method Detail

annotationTypeForName

protected static java.lang.Class<? extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> annotationTypeForName(java.lang.String name)

Initializes an annotation class

Parameters:

name - The name of the annotation class

Returns:

The instance of the annotation. Returns a dummy if the class was not found

classForName

protected static java.lang.Class<?> classForName(java.lang.String name)

Initializes a type

Parameters:

name - The name of the class

Returns:

The instance of the class. Returns a dummy if the class was not found.