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014
015 package org.apache.tapestry.annotations;
016
017 import java.util.ArrayList;
018 import java.util.Collections;
019 import java.util.List;
020
021 import org.apache.hivemind.ApplicationRuntimeException;
022 import org.apache.hivemind.Location;
023 import org.apache.tapestry.enhance.EnhancementOperation;
024 import org.apache.tapestry.spec.IComponentSpecification;
025
026 /**
027 * Recognizes the {@link org.apache.tapestry.annotations.Meta} annotation, and converts it into
028 * properties on the specification. It is desirable to have meta data in base classes be "merged"
029 * with meta data from sub classes, with the sub classes overriding any conflicting elements from
030 * the base class. What we do is work our way up the inheritance tree to java.lang.Object and work
031 * with each Meta annotation we find.
032 *
033 * @author Howard M. Lewis Ship
034 * @since 4.0
035 */
036 public class MetaAnnotationWorker implements ClassAnnotationEnhancementWorker
037 {
038
039 public void performEnhancement(EnhancementOperation op, IComponentSpecification spec,
040 Class baseClass, Location location)
041 {
042 List<Meta> metas = assembleMetas(baseClass);
043
044 for (Meta meta : metas)
045 applyPropertiesFromMeta(meta, spec, location);
046 }
047
048 private List<Meta> assembleMetas(Class baseClass)
049 {
050 Class searchClass = baseClass;
051 List<Meta> result = new ArrayList<Meta>();
052 Meta lastMeta = null;
053
054 while (true)
055 {
056 Meta meta = (Meta) searchClass.getAnnotation(Meta.class);
057
058 // When reach a class that doesn't define or inherit a @Meta, we're done
059 if (meta == null)
060 break;
061
062 // Cheap approach, based on annotation inheritance, for determining
063 // whether a meta is already in the result list
064
065 if (meta != lastMeta)
066 result.add(meta);
067
068 searchClass = searchClass.getSuperclass();
069 }
070
071 Collections.reverse(result);
072
073 return result;
074 }
075
076 private void applyPropertiesFromMeta(Meta meta, IComponentSpecification spec, Location location)
077 {
078 String[] pairs = meta.value();
079
080 for (String pair : pairs)
081 {
082 int equalx = pair.indexOf('=');
083
084 // The only big problem is that the location will be the location of the @Meta in
085 // the subclass, even if the @Meta with a problem is from a base class.
086
087 if (equalx < 0)
088 throw new ApplicationRuntimeException(AnnotationMessages.missingEqualsInMeta(pair),
089 location, null);
090
091 String key = pair.substring(0, equalx);
092 String value = pair.substring(equalx + 1);
093
094 spec.setProperty(key, value);
095 }
096 }
097 }