org.mule.metadata.persistence.api

Interface TypeAnnotationSerializerExtenderFallback

public interface TypeAnnotationSerializerExtenderFallback

Interface to be implemented to extend the functionality of MetadataType serialization. The implementation of this class is highly recommended when using the default logic for fallback a TypeAnnotation not found neither provided by TypeAnnotationSerializerExtender. This implementations will be located using SPI. If no implementation is provided the default mechanism that looks for a Class with the annotationName will be used.

Since:

1.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Optional<Class<? extends TypeAnnotation>>	fallbackFor(String annotationName) This method will allow to override MetadataType serialization to resolve the Class for a TypeAnnotation by name in case if it was not already mapped in by TypeAnnotationSerializerExtender.

Method Detail

fallbackFor

Optional<Class<? extends TypeAnnotation>> fallbackFor(String annotationName)

This method will allow to override MetadataType serialization to resolve the Class for a TypeAnnotation by name in case if it was not already mapped in by TypeAnnotationSerializerExtender.

Parameters:

annotationName - the name of the TypeAnnotation.

Returns:

a Class that represents the TypeAnnotation or Optional.empty() which means that the entry will be ignored and not added to the serialization output.