AnnotationFactory (hibernate-commons-annotations JavaDocs)

java.lang.Object
- org.hibernate.annotations.common.annotationfactory.AnnotationFactory

```
public final class AnnotationFactory
extends Object
```
Creates live annotations (actually AnnotationProxies) from AnnotationDescriptors.

See Also:

AnnotationProxy

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

AnnotationFactory()

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static <T extends Annotation> T`	`create(AnnotationDescriptor descriptor)`	Creates an Annotation proxy for the given annotation descriptor.
`static <T extends Annotation> T`	`create(AnnotationDescriptor descriptor, ClassLoader classLoader)`	Overloaded form of Annotation proxy creation that accepts an explicit ClassLoader.
`static <T extends Annotation> T`	`createUsingTccl(AnnotationDescriptor descriptor)`	Legacy form of `using the current Thread#getContextClassLoader for proxy generation`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - AnnotationFactory
```
public AnnotationFactory()
```
- Method Detail
  - create
```
public static <T extends Annotation> T create(AnnotationDescriptor descriptor)
```
    Creates an Annotation proxy for the given annotation descriptor.
    NOTE: the proxy here is generated using the ClassLoader of the Annotation type's Class. E.g., if asked to create an Annotation proxy for javax.persistence.Entity we would use the ClassLoader of the javax.persistence.Entity Class for generating the proxy.
    
    Parameters:
    
    descriptor - The annotation descriptor
    
    Returns:
    
    The annotation proxy
  - createUsingTccl
```
public static <T extends Annotation> T createUsingTccl(AnnotationDescriptor descriptor)
```
    Legacy form of using the current Thread#getContextClassLoader for proxy generation
    
    Parameters:
    
    descriptor - The annotation descriptor
    
    Returns:
    
    The annotation proxy
  - create
```
public static <T extends Annotation> T create(AnnotationDescriptor descriptor,
                                              ClassLoader classLoader)
```
    Overloaded form of Annotation proxy creation that accepts an explicit ClassLoader.
    
    Parameters:
    
    descriptor - The annotation descriptor
    
    classLoader - The ClassLoader to be used in defining the proxy
    
    Returns:
    
    The annotation proxy