protected AbstractAnnotated(Type baseType) 
{
        this.baseType = baseType;
        ClassUtil.setTypeHierarchy(this.typeClosures, this.baseType);
}

Createa a new annotated element.

Parameters:

baseType - annotated element type

 protected  void addAnnotation(Annotation annotation) 
{
        this.annotations.add(annotation);
}

Adds new annotation to set.

 public T getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationType) 
{
        for(Annotation ann : this.annotations)
        {
            if(ann.annotationType().equals(annotationType))
            {
                return (T)ann;
            }
        }
        return null;
}

{@inheritDoc}

 public Set<Annotation> getAnnotations() 
{
        return this.annotations;
}

{@inheritDoc}

 public Type getBaseType() 
{
        return this.baseType;
}

{@inheritDoc}

 public Set<Type> getTypeClosure() 
{
        return this.typeClosures;
}

{@inheritDoc}

 public boolean isAnnotationPresent(Class<Annotation> annotationType) 
{
        for(Annotation ann : this.annotations)
        {
            if(ann.annotationType().equals(annotationType))
            {
                return true;
            }
        }        
        return false;
}

{@inheritDoc}

 protected  void setAnnotations(Annotation[] annotations) 
{
        
        this.annotations.clear();
        for(Annotation annotation : annotations)
        {
            this.annotations.add(annotation);
        }
}

Adds new annotation to set.

 public String toString() 
{
        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
        builder.append("Base Type : " + baseType.toString() + ",");
        builder.append("Type Closures : " + typeClosures.toString() + ",");
        builder.append("Annotations : " + annotations.toString());
        return builder.toString();
}