Module uk.autores

Package uk.autores

Annotation Type Processing

public @interface Processing

Common processing instructions annotation. The compiler must be able to load and instantiate any value set in namer().

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element	Description
String[]	locations	These values are passed as location (1st arg) to Filer.getResource(JavaFileManager.Location, CharSequence, CharSequence) in order.
Class<? extends Namer>	namer	Set this value to provide alternative class/member naming strategy.

Element Details

namer

Class<? extends Namer> namer

Set this value to provide alternative class/member naming strategy.

Returns:

name generator type

See Also:

• Namer for provided implementations

Default:

uk.autores.naming.Namer.class

locations

String[] locations

These values are passed as location (1st arg) to Filer.getResource(JavaFileManager.Location, CharSequence, CharSequence) in order.

The defaults are StandardLocation.CLASS_PATH and StandardLocation.CLASS_OUTPUT names.

Tools are inconsistent in how they locate resources. The documentation for Filer states "The locations CLASS_OUTPUT and SOURCE_OUTPUT must be supported." If the filer throws an IllegalArgumentException the processor will proceed to the next location.

Returns:

where to search for resources

See Also:

• StandardLocation.locationFor(String)
• StandardLocation.getName()

Default:

{"CLASS_OUTPUT", "CLASS_PATH"}