org.jboss.webbeans.introspector
Interface AnnotatedConstructor<T>

All Superinterfaces:

AnnotatedItem<T,java.lang.reflect.Constructor<T>>, AnnotatedMember<T,java.lang.reflect.Constructor<T>>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AnnotatedConstructorImpl, ConstructorInjectionPoint, ForwardingAnnotatedConstructor

public interface AnnotatedConstructor<T>
extends AnnotatedMember<T,java.lang.reflect.Constructor<T>>

Represents a Class Constructor

Author:

Pete Muir

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.jboss.webbeans.introspector.AnnotatedItem

MAPPED_METAANNOTATIONS

Method Summary

java.util.List<AnnotatedParameter<?>>	getAnnotatedParameters(java.lang.Class<? extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> annotationType) Gets all parameters to the constructor which are annotated with annotationType
AnnotatedType<T>	getDeclaringClass() Gets the declaring class of the annotation
java.util.List<? extends AnnotatedParameter<?>>	getParameters() Gets all parameters to the constructor
T	newInstance(java.lang.Object... parameters) Creates a new instance of the class, using this constructor

Methods inherited from interface org.jboss.webbeans.introspector.AnnotatedMember

getMember

Methods inherited from interface org.jboss.webbeans.introspector.AnnotatedItem

getActualTypeArguments, getAnnotation, getAnnotationsAsSet, getAnnotationStore, getBindingTypes, getBindingTypesAsArray, getDeclaredMetaAnnotations, getMetaAnnotations, getMetaAnnotationsAsArray, getName, getType, isAnnotationPresent, isAssignableFrom, isAssignableFrom, isDeclaredAnnotationPresent, isFinal, isProxyable, isPublic, isStatic

Method Detail

getParameters

java.util.List<? extends AnnotatedParameter<?>> getParameters()

Gets all parameters to the constructor

Returns:

A set of abstracted parameters. Returns an empty set if there are no parameters

getAnnotatedParameters

java.util.List<AnnotatedParameter<?>> getAnnotatedParameters(java.lang.Class<? extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> annotationType)

Gets all parameters to the constructor which are annotated with annotationType

Parameters:

annotationType - A annotation to match

Returns:

A list of abstracted parameters with the given annotation type. Returns an empty set if there are no matches.

newInstance

T newInstance(java.lang.Object... parameters)
              throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException,
                     java.lang.InstantiationException,
                     java.lang.IllegalAccessException,
                     java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException

Creates a new instance of the class, using this constructor

Returns:

The created instance

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

java.lang.InstantiationException

java.lang.IllegalAccessException

java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException

getDeclaringClass

AnnotatedType<T> getDeclaringClass()

Gets the declaring class of the annotation

Returns:

An abstraction of the declaring class