checkers.types
Class AnnotationFactory

java.lang.Object
  checkers.types.AnnotationFactory

@Default(value="checkers.nonnull.quals.NonNull")
public class AnnotationFactory
extends Object

Creates new annotations as AnnotationMirrors that may be added to AnnotatedTypeMirrors.

Constructor Summary

AnnotationFactory(ProcessingEnvironment env)
Creates an annotation factory.

Method Summary

AnnotationMirror	fromClass(Class<?> clazz)
AnnotationMirror	fromName(CharSequence name) Creates an AnnotationMirror given by a particular fully-qualified name.
protected DeclaredType	typeFromName(CharSequence name) A utility method that converts a CharSequence (usually a String) into a TypeMirror named thereby.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AnnotationFactory

public AnnotationFactory(ProcessingEnvironment env)

Creates an annotation factory.

Parameters:

env - the ProcessingEnvironment for this factory

Method Detail

fromName

public AnnotationMirror fromName(CharSequence name)

Creates an AnnotationMirror given by a particular fully-qualified name.

Parameters:

name - the name of the annotation to create

Returns:

an AnnotationMirror of type name, or null if name does not correspond to an annotation type

fromClass

public AnnotationMirror fromClass(Class<?> clazz)

typeFromName

protected DeclaredType typeFromName(CharSequence name)

A utility method that converts a CharSequence (usually a String) into a TypeMirror named thereby.

Parameters:

name - the name of a type

Returns:

the TypeMirror corresponding to that name