AnnotationInstanceProvider.java

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package org.jboss.arquillian.warp.impl.utils;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationHandler;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Proxy;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * <p>
 * Provides dynamic annotation creation.
 *
 * @author Lukas Fryc
 * @author Stuart Douglas
 * @author Pete Muir
 * @see AnnotationLiteral
 */
public class AnnotationInstanceProvider {

    /**
     * <p>
     * Returns an instance of the given annotation type with attribute values specified in the map.
     * </p>
     * <p>
     * <ul>
     * <li>
     * For {@link Annotation}, array and enum types the values must exactly match the declared return type of the attribute or a
     * {@link ClassCastException} will result.</li>
     * <p>
     * <li>
     * For character types the the value must be an instance of {@link Character} or {@link String}.</li>
     * <p>
     * <li>
     * Numeric types do not have to match exactly, as they are converted using {@link Number}.</li>
     * </ul>
     * <p>
     * <p>
     * If am member does not have a corresponding entry in the value map then the annotations default value will be used.
     * </p>
     * <p>
     * <p>
     * If the annotation member does not have a default value then a NullMemberException will be thrown
     * </p>
     *
     * @param annotationType the type of the annotation instance to generate
     * @param values         the attribute values of this annotation
     */
    public static <T extends Annotation> T get(Class<T> annotationType, Map<String, ?> values) {
        if (annotationType == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Must specify an annotation");
        }

        Class<?> clazz = Proxy.getProxyClass(annotationType.getClassLoader(), annotationType, Serializable.class);
        AnnotationInvocationHandler handler = new AnnotationInvocationHandler(values, annotationType);
        // create a new instance by obtaining the constructor via relection
        try {
            return annotationType.cast(clazz.getConstructor(new Class[] {InvocationHandler.class}).newInstance(
                new Object[] {handler}));
        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
            throw new IllegalStateException(
                "Error instantiating proxy for annotation. Annotation type: " + annotationType, e);
        } catch (InstantiationException e) {
            throw new IllegalStateException(
                "Error instantiating proxy for annotation. Annotation type: " + annotationType, e);
        } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
            throw new IllegalStateException(
                "Error instantiating proxy for annotation. Annotation type: " + annotationType, e);
        } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
            throw new IllegalStateException(
                "Error instantiating proxy for annotation. Annotation type: " + annotationType,
                e.getCause());
        } catch (SecurityException e) {
            throw new IllegalStateException("Error accessing proxy constructor for annotation. Annotation type: "
                + annotationType, e);
        } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
            throw new IllegalStateException("Error accessing proxy constructor for annotation. Annotation type: "
                + annotationType, e);
        }
    }
}