net.stickycode.coercion
Interface CoercionTarget

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractCoercionTarget, ArrayCoercionTarget, ParameterizedArrayCoercionTarget, ParameterizedCoercionTarget, PrimitiveResolvingCoercionTarget

public interface CoercionTarget

Contract for something that can be the target of a coercion.

Method Summary

Class<?>	boxedType() If this target represents a primitive type return the boxing type for it
boolean	canBeAnnotated()
AnnotatedElement	getAnnotatedElement()
CoercionTarget[]	getComponentCoercionTypes() Return the CoercionTargets for the components.
Class<?>	getOwner() Return the owning type of the target, for a method this is the class the method was found on similarly for fields.
CoercionTarget	getParent()
Class<?>	getType() Return the type for the target to be coerced
boolean	hasComponents() Does the target have components, this is true of any container e.g.
boolean	hasParent()
boolean	isArray() Is the underlying target an array
boolean	isPrimitive() Return true if this target is a primitive type

Method Detail

getType

Class<?> getType()

Return the type for the target to be coerced

isArray

boolean isArray()

Is the underlying target an array

hasComponents

boolean hasComponents()

Does the target have components, this is true of any container e.g. Collection, Map

getComponentCoercionTypes

CoercionTarget[] getComponentCoercionTypes()

Return the CoercionTargets for the components. For a collection this would return a single CoercionTarget for the element contained. For a map you would get one for the key and one for the value.

isPrimitive

boolean isPrimitive()

Return true if this target is a primitive type

boxedType

Class<?> boxedType()

If this target represents a primitive type return the boxing type for it

canBeAnnotated

boolean canBeAnnotated()

getAnnotatedElement

AnnotatedElement getAnnotatedElement()

getOwner

Class<?> getOwner()

Return the owning type of the target, for a method this is the class the method was found on similarly for fields.

getParent

CoercionTarget getParent()

hasParent

boolean hasParent()