/**
* Construct an new descriptor by inspecting the supplied class.
*
* @param entityClass
*/
private EntityDescriptor(Class<?> entityClass) {
// create a list of link headers
this.linkHeaders = new ArrayList<>();
findLinkHeaders(entityClass);
this.linkHeaders = Collections.unmodifiableList(linkHeaders);
// create a list of field names
this.nonLinkFields = new HashMap<>();
this.linkFields = new HashMap<>();
findFields(entityClass);
this.nonLinkFields = Collections.unmodifiableMap(this.nonLinkFields);
this.linkFields = Collections.unmodifiableMap(this.linkFields);
}
private void findLinkHeaders(Class<?> entityClass) {
InjectLink linkHeaderAnnotation = entityClass.getAnnotation(InjectLink.class);
if (linkHeaderAnnotation != null) {
linkHeaders.add(new LinkHeaderDescriptor(linkHeaderAnnotation));
}
InjectLinks linkHeadersAnnotation = entityClass.getAnnotation(InjectLinks.class);
if (linkHeadersAnnotation != null) {
for (InjectLink linkHeader : linkHeadersAnnotation.value()) {
linkHeaders.add(new LinkHeaderDescriptor(linkHeader));
}
}
// look in superclasses
Class<?> sc = entityClass.getSuperclass();
if (sc != null && sc != Object.class) {
findLinkHeaders(sc);
}
// look in interfaces
for (Class<?> ic : entityClass.getInterfaces()) {
findLinkHeaders(ic);
}
}
