Package org.apache.juneau.internal

Class AnnotationUtils

java.lang.Object

org.apache.juneau.internal.AnnotationUtils

public class AnnotationUtils
extends Object

Annotation utilities.

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Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AnnotationUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static boolean	equals(Annotation a1, Annotation a2)	Checks if two annotations are equal using the criteria for equality presented in the Annotation.equals(Object) API docs.
static int	hashCode(Annotation a)	Generate a hash code for the given annotation using the algorithm presented in the Annotation.hashCode() API docs.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

AnnotationUtils

public AnnotationUtils()

Method Details

equals

public static boolean equals(Annotation a1,
 Annotation a2)

Checks if two annotations are equal using the criteria for equality presented in the Annotation.equals(Object) API docs.

Parameters:

a1 - the first Annotation to compare, null returns false unless both are null

a2 - the second Annotation to compare, null returns false unless both are null

Returns:

true if the two annotations are equal or both null

hashCode

public static int hashCode(Annotation a)

Generate a hash code for the given annotation using the algorithm presented in the Annotation.hashCode() API docs.

Parameters:

a - the Annotation for a hash code calculation is desired, not null

Returns:

the calculated hash code

Throws:

RuntimeException - if an Exception is encountered during annotation member access

IllegalStateException - if an annotation method invocation returns null