org.castor.cpa.jpa.processors.fieldprocessors

Class JPAJoinTableProcessor

java.lang.Object

org.castor.cpa.jpa.processors.BaseJPAAnnotationProcessor

org.castor.cpa.jpa.processors.fieldprocessors.JPAJoinTableProcessor

All Implemented Interfaces:

AnnotationProcessor, TargetAwareAnnotationProcessor

public class JPAJoinTableProcessor
extends BaseJPAAnnotationProcessor

Processes the JPA annotation JoinTable. After this processor is done, all jointable related methods will return valid values.

Version:

10.02.2009

Author:

Peter Schmidt, Martin Kandler

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
JPAJoinTableProcessor()

Method Summary

Methods

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

Methods inherited from class org.castor.cpa.jpa.processors.BaseJPAAnnotationProcessor

processAnnotation

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

JPAJoinTableProcessor

public JPAJoinTableProcessor()

Method Detail

forAnnotationClass

public Class<? extends Annotation> forAnnotationClass()

Returns for which Annotation this processor is meant.

Returns:

the Class for which this processor is meant

See Also:

AnnotationProcessor.forAnnotationClass()

processAnnotation

public <I extends BaseNature,A extends Annotation> boolean processAnnotation(I info,
                                                                    A annotation,
                                                                    AnnotatedElement target)
                          throws AnnotationTargetException

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

target - the target (Field, Class, etc.) of the given annotation

Returns:

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

Throws:

AnnotationTargetException - if an annotation is used in a context that is not valid.

See Also:

processAnnotation(BaseNature, AnnotatedElement)