com.sun.faces.application.annotation

pack-priv Interface Scanner

Known Direct Implementers: com.sun.faces.application.annotation.DelegatedEJBScanner, com.sun.faces.application.annotation.DelegatedPersistenceContextScanner, com.sun.faces.application.annotation.DelegatedPersistenceUnitScanner, com.sun.faces.application.annotation.DelegatedResourceScanner, com.sun.faces.application.annotation.EJBScanner, com.sun.faces.application.annotation.ListenerForScanner, com.sun.faces.application.annotation.PersistenceContextScanner, com.sun.faces.application.annotation.PersistenceUnitScanner, com.sun.faces.application.annotation.ResourceDependencyScanner, com.sun.faces.application.annotation.ResourceScanner
Imports: java.lang.annotation.Annotation

Instances of this interface are responsible for scanning a Class for a specific annotation types.

Scanner implementations must be thread safe.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
public Class<? extends Annotation>	Returns: the `java.lang.annotation.Annotation` this `Scanner` is responsible for handling Note while a particular `Scanner` instance may handle a plural version of an `Annotation` in additional to a singular, this method must return the singular version only. getAnnotation()
public RuntimeAnnotationHandler	Returns: a new `RuntimeAnnotationHandler` instance capable of processing the annotations defined on this class. If no relevant `java.lang.annotation.Annotation`s are found, return `null`. scan(Class<?> the target class clazz) Scan the target class for the `java.lang.annotation.Annotation`s this scanner handles.

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public Class<? extends Annotation> getAnnotation() Returns:Class<? extends Annotation> the `java.lang.annotation.Annotation` this `Scanner` is responsible for handling Note while a particular `Scanner` instance may handle a plural version of an `Annotation` in additional to a singular, this method must return the singular version only.

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public RuntimeAnnotationHandler scan(Class<?> clazz) Scan the target class for the `java.lang.annotation.Annotation`s this scanner handles. Parameters clazz:Class<?> the target class Returns:RuntimeAnnotationHandler a new `RuntimeAnnotationHandler` instance capable of processing the annotations defined on this class. If no relevant `java.lang.annotation.Annotation`s are found, return `null`.

Scan the target class for the java.lang.annotation.Annotations this scanner handles.

Parameters

a new RuntimeAnnotationHandler instance capable of processing the annotations defined on this class. If no relevant java.lang.annotation.Annotations are found, return null.