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 }