Java - NoOp

This is probably one of the simplest Java annotation processing libraries out there.

It generates no-op implementations of your interfaces.

• Supports Generics & Multiple Inheritance

Usage

• Simply annotate your interface with @NoOp like this:

@NoOp
public interface TestInterface {

    byte aByte();

    short aShort();

    int anInt();

    long aLong();

    float aFloat();

    double aDouble();

    char aChar();

    boolean aBoolean();

    String aString();

    void aVoid();
}

• And it will generate the following no-op implementation at compile time:

public class NoOpTestInterface implements TestInterface {

  public static final TestInterface INSTANCE = new NoOpTestInterface();

  @Override
  public byte aByte() {
    return (byte) 0;
  }

  @Override
  public short aShort() {
    return (short) 0;
  }

  @Override
  public int anInt() {
    return 0;
  }

  @Override
  public long aLong() {
    return 0L;
  }

  @Override
  public float aFloat() {
    return 0.0F;
  }

  @Override
  public double aDouble() {
    return 0.0D;
  }

  @Override
  public char aChar() {
    return '';
  }

  @Override
  public boolean aBoolean() {
    return false;
  }

  @Override
  public String aString() {
    return null;
  }

  @Override
  public void aVoid() {
  }
  
  public static TestInterface noOpTestInterface() {
      return INSTANCE;
    }
}

The implemented methods return the default data type value as per Java Data Types:

Data type	Default value
byte	0
short	0
int	0
long	0L
float	0.0F
double	0.0D
char	'\u0000'
String (or any object)	null
boolean	false

• It also supports Generics (bounded/unbounded) and multiple inheritance of interfaces:

@NoOp
public interface TestInterface<A, B, C extends Throwable> extends TestInterface2, TestInterface3 {

    A genericA();
    B genericB();
    C genericC();
}

interface TestInterface2 {
    void fromTestInterface2();
}
    
interface TestInterface3 {
    void fromTestInterface3();
}

• Generated no-op implementation:

public class NoOpTestInterface<A, B, C extends Throwable> implements TestInterface<A, B, C> {

  @Override
  public A genericA() {
    return null;
  }

  @Override
  public B genericB() {
    return null;
  }

  @Override
  public C genericC() {
    return null;
  }

  @Override
  public void fromTestInterface2() {
  }

  @Override
  public void fromTestInterface3() {
  }
}

Download

Gradle (using apt):

def noOpVersion = '1.2.0'
compile "com.jenzz.noop:annotation:$noOpVersion"
apt "com.jenzz.noop:processor:$noOpVersion"

Maven (using maven-compiler-plugin):

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.jenzz.noop</groupId>
    <artifactId>annotation</artifactId>
    <version>1.2.0</version>
</dependency>

<build>
    <pluginManagement>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.5.1</version>
                <dependencies>
                    <dependency>
                        <groupId>com.jenzz.noop</groupId>
                        <artifactId>processor</artifactId>
                        <version>1.2.0</version>
                    </dependency>
                </dependencies>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </pluginManagement>
</build>

Snapshot versions are available in Sonatype's SNAPSHOTS repository.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.