I am currently creating a custom marshalling tool for parsing an excel file. I would like to know how I can first find all properties with a custom annotation (this needs to take inheritance into account, so more than getDeclaredFields), then based on what method I am using call the corresponding getter or setter. Right now, I am just focusing on the setter.
Current Code:
private <T> T findAnnotations(Class<T> clazz)
{
T obj = null;
Annotation[] annotations = clazz.getAnnotations();
for(Annotation annotation : annotations)
{
if(annotation.annotationType() == ExcelColumn.class)
{
if(obj == null)
{
try {
obj = clazz.newInstance();
} catch (IllegalAccessException | InstantiationException e) {
}
}
//annotation found
//call setter of property
//using ChildTest sample class call setname and set parent name
//with string previously parsed.
// i.e obj.setName("") and obj.setParentName("")
}
}
return obj;
}
Sample Class:
public class ChildTest extends Parent{
@ExcelColumn
private String name;
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
}
public class Parent{
@ExcelColumn
private String parentName;
public void setParentName(String parentName) {
this.parentName= parentName;
}
}