AnnotationProvider (Tapestry API - 5.7.2)

All Known Subinterfaces:

BeanEditContext, Binding, Binding2, InternalPropBinding, InternalPropertyConduit, PropertyAdapter, PropertyConduit, PropertyConduit2, PropertyEditContext, PropertyModel

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractBinding, AccessableObjectAnnotationProvider, AnnotationProviderChain, AssetBinding, AttributeExpansionBinding, BeanEditContextImpl, BlockBinding, CoercingPropertyConduitWrapper, ComponentBinding, InvariantBinding, LiteralBinding, LiteralPropertyConduit, NullAnnotationProvider, PropBinding, PropertyAdapterImpl, PropertyModelImpl, RenderVariableBinding
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public interface AnnotationProvider
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A source of annotations. This interface is used to mask where the annotations come from (for example, from a Method, a Class, or some other source).

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`<T extends Annotation> T`	`getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass)`	Searches for the specified annotation, returning the matching annotation instance.

- Method Detail
  - getAnnotation
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<T extends Annotation> T getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass)
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    Searches for the specified annotation, returning the matching annotation instance.
    
    Type Parameters:
    
    T -
    
    Parameters:
    
    annotationClass - used to select the annotation to return
    
    Returns:
    
    the annotation, or null if not found