How to pick up field-level annotations in annotation plugin?

[alrubinger]

I've got an annotation plugin:

public class EjbReferenceAnnotationPlugin extends FieldAnnotationPlugin<EJB>
{...}

..which does not run through "protected ValueMetaData createValueMetaData(FieldInfo fieldInfo, EJB annotation)" upon encountering @EJB on a field-level property.

If I change this to extend from PropertyAnnotationPlugin, accessor methods annotated w/ @EJB are picked up.

Assuming I've given enough information to describe the disconnect, what am I missing to get field-level annotations read?

S,
ALR

[alesj]

"alr" wrote:
what am I missing to get field-level annotations read?

You need to set the correct BeanAccessMode for your bean.
By default we don't look into fields.
Either set bean's BeanAccessMode to FIELDS or ALL.

[alrubinger]

"alesj" wrote:
Either set bean's BeanAccessMode to FIELDS or ALL.

Great, thanks. ;)

A follow-up question:

public class Pojo
{
 @EJB
 private Object injectedEjb;

 public Object getInjectedMember()
 {
 return injectedEjb;
 }

}

I must use "getInjectedMember"; using "getInjectedEjb" means the field annotation is ignored. This is expected according to docs in BeanAccessMode:

STANDARD(BeanInfoCreator.STANDARD), // Getters and Setters
 FIELDS(BeanInfoCreator.FIELDS), // Getters/Setters and fields without getters and setters
 ALL(BeanInfoCreator.ALL); // As above but with non public fields included

No way to get private fields with a corresponding accessor/mutator read in? Why this design (against JavaBean conventions)?

S,
ALR

[alesj]

"ALRubinger" wrote:

No way to get private fields with a corresponding accessor/mutator read in?

Perhaps we should join the metadata on field and its accessor/mutator if the BAM is FIELDS or ALL.
Or we can easily add new BAM - it just needs BeanInfoCreator.