Package rife.validation.instrument

Class MetaDataClassAnnotationDetector

java.lang.Object

rife.validation.instrument.MetaDataClassAnnotationDetector

public abstract class MetaDataClassAnnotationDetector
extends Object

Detects whether a class has the MetaDataClass class annotation by analyzing its byte code.

Since:

1.0

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
MetaDataClassAnnotationDetector()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	getMetaDataClassName(byte[] bytes)	Retrieves the class name of the metadata class that is associated through the MetaDataClass class annotation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

MetaDataClassAnnotationDetector

public MetaDataClassAnnotationDetector()

Method Details

getMetaDataClassName

public static String getMetaDataClassName(byte[] bytes)

Retrieves the class name of the metadata class that is associated through the MetaDataClass class annotation.

Parameters:

bytes - the array of bytes that defines the class that needs to be analyzed

Returns:

the name of the associated metadata class; or

null if no metadata class was specified through an annotation

Since:

1.0