com.vectorprint.configuration.parameters.annotation.ParamAnnotationProcessor Maven / Gradle / Ivy
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package com.vectorprint.configuration.parameters.annotation;
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import com.vectorprint.configuration.parameters.Parameterizable;
import com.vectorprint.configuration.parameters.ParameterizableImpl;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
/**
*
* @author Eduard Drenth at VectorPrint.nl
*/
public interface ParamAnnotationProcessor {
/**
* you can safely use this, also from different threads
*/
public static final ParamAnnotationProcessor PAP = new ParamAnnotationProcessorImpl();
/**
* Looks for {@link Parameters} and {@link Param} annotations to add parameters to the Parameterizable. Each Parameterizable should only be
* initialized once. Preferably extend or use {@link ParameterizableImpl}.
* @param parameterizable
* @return false when the parameterizable was already initialized
* @throws NoSuchMethodException
* @throws InstantiationException
* @throws IllegalAccessException
* @throws InvocationTargetException
*/
boolean initParameters(Parameterizable parameterizable) throws NoSuchMethodException,InstantiationException,IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException;
}