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/**
* Instances encapsulate all information necessary for an AnnotationHandler
* to process an annotation. In particular, instances of this class provide
* access to :
*
* <p>
* <li> the Annotation instance
* <li> the ProcessingContext of the tool
* <li> the AnnotatedElement which is a reference to the annotation element
* (Type, Method...).
* </p>
*
* @see java.lang.annotation.Annotation, java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement
*
* @author Jerome Dochez
*
*/
public class AnnotationInfo {
// the annotated element
// the annotation
// the processing context
// the element type
/**
* Creates a new instance of AnnotationInfo with all the information
* necessary to process an annotation.
*
* @param context the annotation processor processing context
* @param element the annotated element
* @param annotation the annotation
*/
this.annotatedElement = element;
this.annotation = annotation;
}
/**
* @return the annotated element instance
*/
return annotatedElement;
}
/**
* @return the annotation instance
*/
return annotation;
}
/**
* @return the processing context
*/
return context;
}
/**
* @return the annotated element ElementType
*/
return type;
}
}