sun.reflect.annotation

Class AnnotationInvocationHandler

public final class AnnotationInvocationHandler extends Object implements InvocationHandler, Serializable

This class exists for serialization compatibility with the JDK. VMs can choose to implement annotations by constructing proxies with this invocation handler, but that is not required. If a different strategy for proxy objects is chosen, they can have a writeReplace method to substitute a Proxy based on this invocation handler is used for serialization.
Constructor Summary
AnnotationInvocationHandler(Class type, Map memberValues)
Construct a new invocation handler for an annotation proxy.
Method Summary
static Annotationcreate(Class type, Map memberValues)
static booleanequals(Class type, Map memberValues, Object other)
Compare an instance of AnnotationInvocationHandler with another object.
static inthashCode(Class type, Map memberValues)
Compute the hashCode for an annotation.
Objectinvoke(Object proxy, Method method, Object[] args)
static StringtoString(Class type, Map memberValues)
This method is public for use by other parts of the VM.

Constructor Detail

AnnotationInvocationHandler

public AnnotationInvocationHandler(Class type, Map memberValues)
Construct a new invocation handler for an annotation proxy. Note that the VM is responsible for filling the memberValues map with the default values of all the annotation members.

Method Detail

create

public static Annotation create(Class type, Map memberValues)

equals

public static boolean equals(Class type, Map memberValues, Object other)
Compare an instance of AnnotationInvocationHandler with another object. Note that the other object does not have to be an AnnotationInvocationHandler, any implementation of the annotation interface is allowed to be compared for equality. Note that this makes the equals method asymmetric, but this behavior is specified by Annotation.equals and identical to the JDK. This method is public for use by other parts of the VM. Some VMs (can) use different representations of annotations that reuse this method.

hashCode

public static int hashCode(Class type, Map memberValues)
Compute the hashCode for an annotation. Note that the algorithm is specified by Annotation.hashCode. This method is public for use by other parts of the VM. Some VMs (can) use different representations of annotations that reuse this method.

invoke

public Object invoke(Object proxy, Method method, Object[] args)

toString

public static String toString(Class type, Map memberValues)
This method is public for use by other parts of the VM. Some VMs (can) use different representations of annotations that reuse this method.