AnnotatedElementHolder (picocli 4.7.7 API)

java.lang.Object
- picocli.codegen.annotation.processing.AnnotatedElementHolder

All Implemented Interfaces:

CommandLine.Model.IGetter, CommandLine.Model.ISetter
```
public class AnnotatedElementHolder
extends Object
implements CommandLine.Model.IGetter, CommandLine.Model.ISetter
```
Implementation of the CommandLine.Model.IGetter and CommandLine.Model.ISetter interface that allows custom CommandSpec annotation processors to inspect ArgSpec objects to discover what program element was annotated with @Option or @Parameters.

Since:

4.0

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

AnnotatedElementHolder(Element element)
Constructs a new AnnotatedElementHolder with the specified element

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`<T> T`	`get()`	This implementation does nothing and always returns `null`.
`Element`	`getElement()`	Returns the program element annotated with `@Option` or `@Parameters`.
`<T> T`	`set(T value)`	This implementation does nothing.
`String`	`toString()`	Returns a string representation of this binding, for debugging purposes.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - AnnotatedElementHolder
```
public AnnotatedElementHolder(Element element)
```
    Constructs a new AnnotatedElementHolder with the specified element
    
    Parameters:
    
    element - the program element annotated with @Option or @Parameters
- Method Detail
  - getElement
```
public Element getElement()
```
    Returns the program element annotated with @Option or @Parameters.
    
    Returns:
    
    the program element for an ArgSpec.
  - get
```
public <T> T get()
```
    This implementation does nothing and always returns null.
    
    Specified by:
    
    get in interface CommandLine.Model.IGetter
    
    Type Parameters:
    
    T - ignored
    
    Returns:
    
    null always
  - set
```
public <T> T set(T value)
```
    This implementation does nothing.
    
    Specified by:
    
    set in interface CommandLine.Model.ISetter
    
    Type Parameters:
    
    T - ignored
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - the new value of the option or positional parameter. Ignored.
    
    Returns:
    
    null always
  - toString
```
public String toString()
```
    Returns a string representation of this binding, for debugging purposes.
    
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class Object
    
    Returns:
    
    a string representation of this binding