Package org.springframework.core.annotation

Interface MergedAnnotation<A extends Annotation>

Type Parameters:
A - the annotation type
public interface MergedAnnotation<A extends Annotation>
A single merged annotation returned from a MergedAnnotations collection. Presents a view onto an annotation where attribute values may have been "merged" from different source values.

Attribute values may be accessed using the various get methods. For example, to access an int attribute the getInt(String) method would be used.

Note that attribute values are not converted when accessed. For example, it is not possible to call getString(String) if the underlying attribute is an int. The only exception to this rule is Class and Class[] values which may be accessed as String and String[] respectively to prevent potential early class initialization.

If necessary, a MergedAnnotation can be synthesized back into an actual Annotation.

Since:
5.2
Author:
Phillip Webb, Juergen Hoeller, Sam Brannen
See Also:

  • Field Details

  • Method Details

    • getType

      Class<A> getType()
      Get the Class reference for the actual annotation type.
      Returns:
      the annotation type

    • isPresent

      boolean isPresent()
      Determine if the annotation is present on the source. Considers directly present and meta-present annotations within the context of the MergedAnnotations.SearchStrategy used.
      Returns:
      true if the annotation is present

    • isDirectlyPresent

      boolean isDirectlyPresent()
      Determine if the annotation is directly present on the source.

      A directly present annotation is one that the user has explicitly declared and not one that is meta-present or @Inherited.

      Returns:
      true if the annotation is directly present

    • isMetaPresent

      boolean isMetaPresent()
      Determine if the annotation is meta-present on the source.

      A meta-present annotation is an annotation that the user hasn't explicitly declared, but has been used as a meta-annotation somewhere in the annotation hierarchy.

      Returns:
      true if the annotation is meta-present

    • getDistance

      int getDistance()
      Get the distance of this annotation related to its use as a meta-annotation.

      A directly declared annotation has a distance of 0, a meta-annotation has a distance of 1, a meta-annotation on a meta-annotation has a distance of 2, etc. A missing annotation will always return a distance of -1.

      Returns:
      the annotation distance or -1 if the annotation is missing

    • getAggregateIndex

      int getAggregateIndex()
      Get the index of the aggregate collection containing this annotation.

      Can be used to reorder a stream of annotations, for example, to give a higher priority to annotations declared on a superclass or interface. A missing annotation will always return an aggregate index of -1.

      Returns:
      the aggregate index (starting at 0) or -1 if the annotation is missing

    • getSource

      @Nullable Object getSource()
      Get the source that ultimately declared the root annotation, or null if the source is not known.

      If this merged annotation was created from an AnnotatedElement then this source will be an element of the same type. If the annotation was loaded without using reflection, the source can be of any type, but should have a sensible toString(). Meta-annotations will always return the same source as the root.

      Returns:
      the source, or null

    • getMetaSource

      @Nullable MergedAnnotation<?> getMetaSource()
      Get the source of the meta-annotation, or null if the annotation is not meta-present.

      The meta-source is the annotation that was meta-annotated with this annotation.

      Returns:
      the meta-annotation source or null
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    • getRoot

      MergedAnnotation<?> getRoot()
      Get the root annotation, i.e. the distance 0 annotation as directly declared on the source.
      Returns:
      the root annotation
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    • getMetaTypes

      List<Class<? extends Annotation>> getMetaTypes()
      Get the complete list of annotation types within the annotation hierarchy from this annotation to the root.

      Provides a useful way to uniquely identify a merged annotation instance.

      Returns:
      the meta types for the annotation
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    • hasNonDefaultValue

      boolean hasNonDefaultValue(String attributeName)
      Determine if the specified attribute name has a non-default value when compared to the annotation declaration.
      Parameters:
      attributeName - the attribute name
      Returns:
      true if the attribute value is different from the default value

    • hasDefaultValue

      boolean hasDefaultValue(String attributeName) throws NoSuchElementException
      Determine if the specified attribute name has a default value when compared to the annotation declaration.
      Parameters:
      attributeName - the attribute name
      Returns:
      true if the attribute value is the same as the default value
      Throws:
      NoSuchElementException

    • getByte

      byte getByte(String attributeName) throws NoSuchElementException
      Get a required byte attribute value from the annotation.
      Parameters:
      attributeName - the attribute name
      Returns:
      the value as a byte
      Throws:
      NoSuchElementException - if there is no matching attribute

    • getByteArray

      byte[] getByteArray(String attributeName) throws NoSuchElementException
      Get a required byte array attribute value from the annotation.
      Parameters:
      attributeName - the attribute name
      Returns:
      the value as a byte array
      Throws:
      NoSuchElementException - if there is no matching attribute

    • getBoolean

      boolean getBoolean(String attributeName) throws NoSuchElementException
      Get a required boolean attribute value from the annotation.
      Parameters:
      attributeName - the attribute name
      Returns:
      the value as a boolean
      Throws:
      NoSuchElementException - if there is no matching attribute

    • getBooleanArray

      boolean[] getBooleanArray(String attributeName) throws NoSuchElementException
      Get a required boolean array attribute value from the annotation.
      Parameters:
      attributeName - the attribute name
      Returns:
      the value as a boolean array
      Throws:
      NoSuchElementException - if there is no matching attribute

    • getChar

      char getChar(String attributeName) throws NoSuchElementException
      Get a required char attribute value from the annotation.
      Parameters:
      attributeName - the attribute name
      Returns:
      the value as a char
      Throws:
      NoSuchElementException - if there is no matching attribute

    • getCharArray

      char[] getCharArray(String attributeName) throws NoSuchElementException
      Get a required char array attribute value from the annotation.
      Parameters:
      attributeName - the attribute name
      Returns:
      the value as a char array
      Throws:
      NoSuchElementException - if there is no matching attribute

    • getShort

      short getShort(String attributeName) throws NoSuchElementException
      Get a required short attribute value from the annotation.
      Parameters:
      attributeName - the attribute name
      Returns:
      the value as a short
      Throws:
      NoSuchElementException - if there is no matching attribute

    • getShortArray

      short[] getShortArray(String attributeName) throws NoSuchElementException
      Get a required short array attribute value from the annotation.
      Parameters:
      attributeName - the attribute name
      Returns:
      the value as a short array
      Throws:
      NoSuchElementException - if there is no matching attribute

    • getInt

      int getInt(String attributeName) throws NoSuchElementException
      Get a required int attribute value from the annotation.
      Parameters:
      attributeName - the attribute name
      Returns:
      the value as an int
      Throws:
      NoSuchElementException - if there is no matching attribute

    • getIntArray

      int[] getIntArray(String attributeName) throws NoSuchElementException
      Get a required int array attribute value from the annotation.
      Parameters:
      attributeName - the attribute name
      Returns:
      the value as an int array
      Throws:
      NoSuchElementException - if there is no matching attribute

    • getLong

      long getLong(String attributeName) throws NoSuchElementException
      Get a required long attribute value from the annotation.
      Parameters:
      attributeName - the attribute name
      Returns:
      the value as a long
      Throws:
      NoSuchElementException - if there is no matching attribute

    • getLongArray

      long[] getLongArray(String attributeName) throws NoSuchElementException
      Get a required long array attribute value from the annotation.
      Parameters:
      attributeName - the attribute name
      Returns:
      the value as a long array
      Throws:
      NoSuchElementException - if there is no matching attribute

    • getDouble

      double getDouble(String attributeName) throws NoSuchElementException
      Get a required double attribute value from the annotation.
      Parameters:
      attributeName - the attribute name
      Returns:
      the value as a double
      Throws:
      NoSuchElementException - if there is no matching attribute

    • getDoubleArray

      double[] getDoubleArray(String attributeName) throws NoSuchElementException
      Get a required double array attribute value from the annotation.
      Parameters:
      attributeName - the attribute name
      Returns:
      the value as a double array
      Throws:
      NoSuchElementException - if there is no matching attribute

    • getFloat

      float getFloat(String attributeName) throws NoSuchElementException
      Get a required float attribute value from the annotation.
      Parameters:
      attributeName - the attribute name
      Returns:
      the value as a float
      Throws:
      NoSuchElementException - if there is no matching attribute

    • getFloatArray

      float[] getFloatArray(String attributeName) throws NoSuchElementException
      Get a required float array attribute value from the annotation.
      Parameters:
      attributeName - the attribute name
      Returns:
      the value as a float array
      Throws:
      NoSuchElementException - if there is no matching attribute

    • getString

      String getString(String attributeName) throws NoSuchElementException
      Get a required string attribute value from the annotation.
      Parameters:
      attributeName - the attribute name
      Returns:
      the value as a string
      Throws:
      NoSuchElementException - if there is no matching attribute

    • getStringArray

      String[] getStringArray(String attributeName) throws NoSuchElementException
      Get a required string array attribute value from the annotation.
      Parameters:
      attributeName - the attribute name
      Returns:
      the value as a string array
      Throws:
      NoSuchElementException - if there is no matching attribute

    • getClass

      Class<?> getClass(String attributeName) throws NoSuchElementException
      Get a required class attribute value from the annotation.
      Parameters:
      attributeName - the attribute name
      Returns:
      the value as a class
      Throws:
      NoSuchElementException - if there is no matching attribute

    • getClassArray

      Class<?>[] getClassArray(String attributeName) throws NoSuchElementException
      Get a required class array attribute value from the annotation.
      Parameters:
      attributeName - the attribute name
      Returns:
      the value as a class array
      Throws:
      NoSuchElementException - if there is no matching attribute

    • getEnum

      <E extends Enum<E>> E getEnum(String attributeName, Class<E> type) throws NoSuchElementException
      Get a required enum attribute value from the annotation.
      Parameters:
      attributeName - the attribute name
      type - the enum type
      Returns:
      the value as a enum
      Throws:
      NoSuchElementException - if there is no matching attribute

    • getEnumArray

      <E extends Enum<E>> E[] getEnumArray(String attributeName, Class<E> type) throws NoSuchElementException
      Get a required enum array attribute value from the annotation.
      Parameters:
      attributeName - the attribute name
      type - the enum type
      Returns:
      the value as a enum array
      Throws:
      NoSuchElementException - if there is no matching attribute

    • getAnnotation

      <T extends Annotation> MergedAnnotation<T> getAnnotation(String attributeName, Class<T> type) throws NoSuchElementException
      Get a required annotation attribute value from the annotation.
      Parameters:
      attributeName - the attribute name
      type - the annotation type
      Returns:
      the value as a MergedAnnotation
      Throws:
      NoSuchElementException - if there is no matching attribute

    • getAnnotationArray

      <T extends Annotation> MergedAnnotation<T>[] getAnnotationArray(String attributeName, Class<T> type) throws NoSuchElementException
      Get a required annotation array attribute value from the annotation.
      Parameters:
      attributeName - the attribute name
      type - the annotation type
      Returns:
      the value as a MergedAnnotation array
      Throws:
      NoSuchElementException - if there is no matching attribute

    • getValue

      Optional<Object> getValue(String attributeName)
      Get an optional attribute value from the annotation.
      Parameters:
      attributeName - the attribute name
      Returns:
      an optional value or Optional.empty() if there is no matching attribute

    • getValue

      <T> Optional<T> getValue(String attributeName, Class<T> type)
      Get an optional attribute value from the annotation.
      Parameters:
      attributeName - the attribute name
      type - the attribute type. Must be compatible with the underlying attribute type or Object.class.
      Returns:
      an optional value or Optional.empty() if there is no matching attribute

    • getDefaultValue

      Optional<Object> getDefaultValue(String attributeName)
      Get the default attribute value from the annotation as specified in the annotation declaration.
      Parameters:
      attributeName - the attribute name
      Returns:
      an optional of the default value or Optional.empty() if there is no matching attribute or no defined default

    • getDefaultValue

      <T> Optional<T> getDefaultValue(String attributeName, Class<T> type)
      Get the default attribute value from the annotation as specified in the annotation declaration.
      Parameters:
      attributeName - the attribute name
      type - the attribute type. Must be compatible with the underlying attribute type or Object.class.
      Returns:
      an optional of the default value or Optional.empty() if there is no matching attribute or no defined default

    • filterDefaultValues

      MergedAnnotation<A> filterDefaultValues()
      Create a new view of the annotation with all attributes that have default values removed.
      Returns:
      a filtered view of the annotation without any attributes that have a default value
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    • filterAttributes

      MergedAnnotation<A> filterAttributes(Predicate<String> predicate)
      Create a new view of the annotation with only attributes that match the given predicate.
      Parameters:
      predicate - a predicate used to filter attribute names
      Returns:
      a filtered view of the annotation
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    • withNonMergedAttributes

      MergedAnnotation<A> withNonMergedAttributes()
      Create a new view of the annotation that exposes non-merged attribute values.

      Methods from this view will return attribute values with only alias mirroring rules applied. Aliases to meta-source attributes will not be applied.

      Returns:
      a non-merged view of the annotation

    • asAnnotationAttributes

      AnnotationAttributes asAnnotationAttributes(MergedAnnotation.Adapt... adaptations)
      Create a new mutable AnnotationAttributes instance from this merged annotation.

      The adaptations may be used to change the way that values are added.

      Parameters:
      adaptations - the adaptations that should be applied to the annotation values
      Returns:
      an immutable map containing the attributes and values

    • asMap

      Map<String,Object> asMap(MergedAnnotation.Adapt... adaptations)
      Get an immutable Map that contains all the annotation attributes.

      The adaptations may be used to change the way that values are added.

      Parameters:
      adaptations - the adaptations that should be applied to the annotation values
      Returns:
      an immutable map containing the attributes and values

    • asMap

      <T extends Map<String, Object>> T asMap(Function<MergedAnnotation<?>,T> factory, MergedAnnotation.Adapt... adaptations)
      Create a new Map instance of the given type that contains all the annotation attributes.

      The adaptations may be used to change the way that values are added.

      Parameters:
      factory - a map factory
      adaptations - the adaptations that should be applied to the annotation values
      Returns:
      a map containing the attributes and values

    • synthesize

      A synthesize() throws NoSuchElementException
      Create a type-safe synthesized version of this merged annotation that can be used directly in code.

      The result is synthesized using a JDK Proxy and as a result may incur a computational cost when first invoked.

      If this merged annotation was created from an annotation instance, that annotation will be returned unmodified if it is not synthesizable. An annotation is considered synthesizable if one of the following is true.

      • The annotation declares attributes annotated with @AliasFor.
      • The annotation is a composed annotation that relies on convention-based annotation attribute overrides in meta-annotations.
      • The annotation declares attributes that are annotations or arrays of annotations that are themselves synthesizable.
      Returns:
      a synthesized version of the annotation or the original annotation unmodified
      Throws:
      NoSuchElementException - on a missing annotation

    • synthesize

      Optional<A> synthesize(Predicate<? super MergedAnnotation<A>> condition) throws NoSuchElementException
      Optionally create a type-safe synthesized version of this annotation based on a condition predicate.

      The result is synthesized using a JDK Proxy and as a result may incur a computational cost when first invoked.

      Consult the documentation for synthesize() for an explanation of what is considered synthesizable.

      Parameters:
      condition - the test to determine if the annotation can be synthesized
      Returns:
      an optional containing the synthesized version of the annotation or an empty optional if the condition doesn't match
      Throws:
      NoSuchElementException - on a missing annotation
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    • missing

      static <A extends Annotation> MergedAnnotation<A> missing()
      Create a MergedAnnotation that represents a missing annotation (i.e. one that is not present).
      Returns:
      an instance representing a missing annotation

    • from

      static <A extends Annotation> MergedAnnotation<A> from(A annotation)
      Create a new MergedAnnotation instance from the specified annotation.
      Parameters:
      annotation - the annotation to include
      Returns:
      a MergedAnnotation instance containing the annotation

    • from

      static <A extends Annotation> MergedAnnotation<A> from(@Nullable Object source, A annotation)
      Create a new MergedAnnotation instance from the specified annotation.
      Parameters:
      source - the source for the annotation. This source is used only for information and logging. It does not need to actually contain the specified annotations, and it will not be searched.
      annotation - the annotation to include
      Returns:
      a MergedAnnotation instance for the annotation

    • of

      static <A extends Annotation> MergedAnnotation<A> of(Class<A> annotationType)
      Create a new MergedAnnotation instance of the specified annotation type. The resulting annotation will not have any attribute values but may still be used to query default values.
      Parameters:
      annotationType - the annotation type
      Returns:
      a MergedAnnotation instance for the annotation

    • of

      static <A extends Annotation> MergedAnnotation<A> of(Class<A> annotationType, @Nullable Map<String,?> attributes)
      Create a new MergedAnnotation instance of the specified annotation type with attribute values supplied by a map.
      Parameters:
      annotationType - the annotation type
      attributes - the annotation attributes or null if just default values should be used
      Returns:
      a MergedAnnotation instance for the annotation and attributes
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    • of

      static <A extends Annotation> MergedAnnotation<A> of(@Nullable AnnotatedElement source, Class<A> annotationType, @Nullable Map<String,?> attributes)
      Create a new MergedAnnotation instance of the specified annotation type with attribute values supplied by a map.
      Parameters:
      source - the source for the annotation. This source is used only for information and logging. It does not need to actually contain the specified annotations and it will not be searched.
      annotationType - the annotation type
      attributes - the annotation attributes or null if just default values should be used
      Returns:
      a MergedAnnotation instance for the annotation and attributes

    • of

      static <A extends Annotation> MergedAnnotation<A> of(@Nullable ClassLoader classLoader, @Nullable Object source, Class<A> annotationType, @Nullable Map<String,?> attributes)
      Create a new MergedAnnotation instance of the specified annotation type with attribute values supplied by a map.
      Parameters:
      classLoader - the class loader used to resolve class attributes
      source - the source for the annotation. This source is used only for information and logging. It does not need to actually contain the specified annotations and it will not be searched.
      annotationType - the annotation type
      attributes - the annotation attributes or null if just default values should be used
      Returns:
      a MergedAnnotation instance for the annotation and attributes