Is there a way I can do something like that in CDI:
@Target({ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.TYPE})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Qualifier
public @interface ServerConfiguration {
@Nonbinding String url() default "http://localhost:8080";
@Nonbinding String username() default "";
@Nonbinding String password() default "";
}
And then define a second annotation similar to that:
@Target({ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.METHOD})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@ServerConfiguration(username = "abc123")
public @interface MainServer {
}
To have the possibility to have a single producer for the server configuration, but to have the possibility to specify different default configurations?
The server configuration is just an example, but it shows what I mean. Basically a general qualifier that can be specialized if needed.
Thank you!
This is not CDI/Qualifier specific, its a Java annotation issue. You can get the annotation's annotations and then read the values. Here is a small example:
@MainServer
public String annotatedField = "nn";
Field field = getClass().getField("annotatedField");
MainServer server = field.getAnnotation(MainServer.class);
ServerConfiguration configuration = server.annotationType().getAnnotation(ServerConfiguration.class);
String url = configuration.url(); // localhost:8080
String username = configuration.username(); // abc123