org.eclipse.jet.xpath
Interface IAnnotationManager

public interface IAnnotationManager

Interface that manages annotations of model elements.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	getAnnotationObject(java.lang.Object modelObject) Return the annotation object corresponding to the model object.
boolean	hasAnnotations(java.lang.Object modelObject) Test whether the manager has annotations of the given model object.

Method Detail

getAnnotationObject

java.lang.Object getAnnotationObject(java.lang.Object modelObject)

Return the annotation object corresponding to the model object. If the manager has not annotation object for the model object, it must create one. Repeated calls to the method with the same argument must return the same result.

Parameters:

modelObject - the model object for which the annotation object is sought.

Returns:

the annotation object.

Throws:

java.lang.NullPointerException - if modelObject is null

hasAnnotations

boolean hasAnnotations(java.lang.Object modelObject)

Test whether the manager has annotations of the given model object.

Parameters:

modelObject -

Returns:

true if there are annotations, false otherwise.