org.jboss.beans.metadata.spi
Interface CachingAnnotationMetaData

All Superinterfaces:

AnnotationMetaData, Cloneable, org.jboss.util.JBossInterface, MetaDataVisitorNode

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAnnotationMetaData

public interface CachingAnnotationMetaData
extends AnnotationMetaData

CachingAnnotationMetaData.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Author:

Adrian Brock

Method Summary

Annotation

removeAnnotation() Retrieve any cached annotation and flush it

Methods inherited from interface org.jboss.beans.metadata.spi.AnnotationMetaData

getAnnotationInstance, getAnnotationInstance

Methods inherited from interface org.jboss.util.JBossInterface

clone, toShortString, toShortString

Methods inherited from interface org.jboss.beans.metadata.spi.MetaDataVisitorNode

clone, describeVisit, getChildren, initialVisit

Method Detail

removeAnnotation

Annotation removeAnnotation()

Retrieve any cached annotation and flush it

Returns:

the annotation instance or null if non was constructed