experimental/trunk_core_with_pluggable_logger/core/src/main/java/org/apache/myfaces/extensions/validator/core/annotation/AnnotationEntry.java

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package org.apache.myfaces.extensions.validator.core.annotation;

import org.apache.myfaces.extensions.validator.internal.UsageCategory;
import org.apache.myfaces.extensions.validator.internal.UsageInformation;

import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;

/**
 * Data holder which stores the annotation and some information where the annotation was around.
 *
 * @author Gerhard Petracek
 * @since 1.x.1
 */
@UsageInformation(UsageCategory.API)
public class AnnotationEntry
{
    private Annotation annotation;
    private String valueBindingExpression;
    //e.g. valueBindingName, DefaultValueBindingScanningAnnotationExtractor uses it for the variable-/method-name
    private String boundTo;
    private Class entityClass;

    //requested by bernhard huemer
    public <T> T getAnnotation(Class<T> targetClass)
    {
        return (T) annotation;
    }

    /*
     * generated
     */
    public Annotation getAnnotation()
    {
        return annotation;
    }

    public void setAnnotation(Annotation annotation)
    {
        this.annotation = annotation;
    }

    public String getValueBindingExpression()
    {
        return valueBindingExpression;
    }

    public void setValueBindingExpression(String valueBindingExpression)
    {
        this.valueBindingExpression = valueBindingExpression;
    }

    public String getBoundTo()
    {
        return boundTo;
    }

    public void setBoundTo(String boundTo)
    {
        this.boundTo = boundTo;
    }

    public Class getEntityClass()
    {
        return entityClass;
    }

    public void setEntityClass(Class entityClass)
    {
        this.entityClass = entityClass;
    }
}