org.apache.directory.server.core.annotations

Class AnnotationUtils

java.lang.Object

org.apache.directory.server.core.annotations.AnnotationUtils

public final class AnnotationUtils
extends Object

An helper class used to find annotations in methods and classes

Author:

Apache Directory Project

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Object	getInstance(Class<? extends Annotation> clazz) Get an instance of a class extracted from the annotation found in the method or the class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getInstance

public static Object getInstance(Class<? extends Annotation> clazz)
                          throws ClassNotFoundException

Get an instance of a class extracted from the annotation found in the method or the class. We iterate on the stack trace until we find the desired annotation.

Parameters:

clazz - The Annotation we want to get an instance for

Returns:

The instance or null if no annotation is found

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - If we can't find a class