Interface Description

All Known Implementing Classes:

AnnotationDescription, ClassDescription, MethodDescription, PackageDescription, ParameterDescription

public sealed interface Description
permits AnnotationDescription<T>, ClassDescription, MethodDescription, PackageDescription, ParameterDescription

The common interface of all Description types.

A Description is, as the name says, a description of a class, method or parameter, similar to how java.lang.reflect works.

See Also:

• ClassDescription
• MethodDescription
• ParameterDescription

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
default <T extends Annotation> Optional<T>	annotation(Class<T> type)	Gets this elements Annotation for the specified type if such an annotation is present
Collection<AnnotationDescription<?>>	annotations()	a possibly-empty Collection of all Annotations this element is annotated with.

Method Details

annotations

Collection<AnnotationDescription<?>> annotations()

a possibly-empty Collection of all Annotations this element is annotated with.

annotation

default <T extends Annotation> Optional<T> annotation(Class<T> type)

Gets this elements Annotation for the specified type if such an annotation is present

Parameters:

type - the type of the annotation to get

Returns:

an Optional holding the Annotation if present at this element or else an empty Optional