FieldAnnotationsLoader.java

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 * Copyright (c) 2012 OpenLegacy Inc.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials 
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 * 
 * Contributors:
 *     OpenLegacy Inc. - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/
package org.openlegacy.loaders;

import org.openlegacy.EntitiesRegistry;
import org.openlegacy.EntityDefinition;

import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;

/**
 * Field annotations loader serves as the mechanism for translating annotations into {@link EntityDefinition} stored within
 * {@link EntitiesRegistry}. Handles field level annotations.
 * 
 * @author Roi Mor
 * 
 */
public interface FieldAnnotationsLoader extends Comparable<FieldAnnotationsLoader> {

	boolean match(Annotation annotation);

	@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
	void load(EntitiesRegistry entitiesRegistry, Field field, Annotation annotation, Class<?> containingClass);
}