org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.visitors

Class PluginVisitors

java.lang.Object

org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.visitors.PluginVisitors

public final class PluginVisitors
extends java.lang.Object

Utility class to locate an appropriate PluginVisitor implementation for an annotation.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
private static Logger	LOGGER

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
private	PluginVisitors()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static PluginVisitor<? extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation>	findVisitor(java.lang.Class<? extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> annotation) Creates a PluginVisitor instance for the given annotation class using metadata provided by the annotation's PluginVisitorStrategy annotation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

LOGGER

private static final Logger LOGGER

Constructor Detail

PluginVisitors

private PluginVisitors()

Method Detail

findVisitor

public static PluginVisitor<? extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> findVisitor(java.lang.Class<? extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> annotation)

Creates a PluginVisitor instance for the given annotation class using metadata provided by the annotation's PluginVisitorStrategy annotation. This instance must be further populated with data to be useful. Such data is passed through both the setters and the visit method.

Parameters:

annotation - the Plugin annotation class to find a PluginVisitor for.

Returns:

a PluginVisitor instance if one could be created, or null otherwise.