1 /* 2 * Grapht, an open source dependency injector. 3 * Copyright 2014-2015 various contributors (see CONTRIBUTORS.txt) 4 * Copyright 2010-2014 Regents of the University of Minnesota 5 * 6 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 7 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as 8 * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the 9 * License, or (at your option) any later version. 10 * 11 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT 12 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS 13 * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more 14 * details. 15 * 16 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with 17 * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 18 * Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. 19 */ 20 package org.grouplens.grapht; 21 22 import org.grouplens.grapht.annotation.AnnotationBuilder; 23 24 import javax.inject.Named; 25 26 27 /** 28 * Names is a utility class to create {@link Named} annotation instances when 29 * configuring an injector that relies on named qualifiers. Qualifiers with 30 * other attributes can by instantiated using the {@link AnnotationBuilder}. 31 * 32 * @author <a href="http://grouplens.org">GroupLens Research</a> 33 */ 34 public class Names { 35 /** 36 * Get a Named annotation instance whose value equals the provided String. 37 * The returned annotation is equal to annotations created by a declaration 38 * matching: <code>@Named(name)</code>, where name is the input String. 39 * 40 * @param name The name value for the returned annotation 41 * @return A Named instance wrapping the given name 42 */ 43 public static Named named(String name) { 44 return new AnnotationBuilder<Named>(Named.class) 45 .setValue(name) 46 .build(); 47 } 48 }