Package org.checkerframework.common.wholeprograminference

Class AnnotationConverter

java.lang.Object

org.checkerframework.common.wholeprograminference.AnnotationConverter

public class AnnotationConverter
extends Object

This class contains static methods that convert between Annotation and AnnotationMirror.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected static void	addFieldToAnnotationBuilder(String fieldKey, Object obj, AnnotationBuilder builder)	Adds a field to an AnnotationBuilder.
static Annotation	annotationMirrorToAnnotation(AnnotationMirror am)	Converts an AnnotationMirror into an Annotation.
protected static AnnotationMirror	annotationToAnnotationMirror(Annotation anno, ProcessingEnvironment processingEnv)	Converts an Annotation into an AnnotationMirror.
protected static @Nullable AnnotationFieldType	getAnnotationFieldType(ExecutableElement ee)	Returns the type of an element (that is, a field) of an annotation.
protected static AnnotationFieldType	typeMirrorToAnnotationFieldType(TypeMirror tm)	Converts a TypeMirror to an AnnotationFieldType.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

annotationMirrorToAnnotation

public static Annotation annotationMirrorToAnnotation(AnnotationMirror am)

Converts an AnnotationMirror into an Annotation.

Parameters:

am - the AnnotationMirror

Returns:

the Annotation

annotationToAnnotationMirror

protected static AnnotationMirror annotationToAnnotationMirror(Annotation anno,
 ProcessingEnvironment processingEnv)

Converts an Annotation into an AnnotationMirror.

Parameters:

anno - the Annotation

processingEnv - the ProcessingEnvironment

Returns:

the AnnotationMirror

getAnnotationFieldType

protected static @Nullable AnnotationFieldType getAnnotationFieldType(ExecutableElement ee)

Returns the type of an element (that is, a field) of an annotation.

Parameters:

ee - an element (that is, a field) of an annotation

Returns:

the type of the given annotation field

typeMirrorToAnnotationFieldType

protected static AnnotationFieldType typeMirrorToAnnotationFieldType(TypeMirror tm)

Converts a TypeMirror to an AnnotationFieldType.

Parameters:

tm - a type for an annotation element/field: primitive, String, class, enum constant, or array thereof

Returns:

an AnnotationFieldType corresponding to the argument

addFieldToAnnotationBuilder

protected static void addFieldToAnnotationBuilder(String fieldKey,
 Object obj,
 AnnotationBuilder builder)

Adds a field to an AnnotationBuilder.

Parameters:

fieldKey - is the name of the field

obj - is the value of the field

builder - is the AnnotationBuilder