Package org.opencastproject.graphql.util

Class AnnotationScanner

java.lang.Object

org.opencastproject.graphql.util.AnnotationScanner

public final class AnnotationScanner
extends Object

This is a utility class that provides methods for scanning annotations in classes. It provides a public method to find and return a collection of classes that are annotated with a specific annotation. It also provides private methods to recursively scan a given path in a bundle for class files and to load a class given its fully qualified name and a class loader.*

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Collection<Class<?>>	findAnnotatedClasses(Class<?> context, Class<? extends Annotation> annotation)	Finds and returns a collection of classes that are annotated with a specific annotation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

findAnnotatedClasses

public static Collection<Class<?>> findAnnotatedClasses(Class<?> context,
 Class<? extends Annotation> annotation)

Finds and returns a collection of classes that are annotated with a specific annotation.

Parameters:

context - The class from which the context class loader is derived. This is typically the class in which you are working.

annotation - The annotation that the classes must have to be included in the returned collection.

Returns:

A collection of classes that are annotated with the specified annotation.