Use reflection to find javax.annotation.Priority, thus making the javax.annotation-api dependency optional.

Author: norrisjeremy

inject/pom.xml

@@ -29,12 +29,6 @@
       <version>1</version>
     </dependency>
 
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
-      <artifactId>javax.annotation-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.3.2</version>
-    </dependency>
-
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>

inject/src/main/java/io/avaje/inject/core/DBeanContext.java

@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-import javax.annotation.Priority;
+import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -233,10 +234,21 @@ private static class SortBean<T> implements Comparable<SortBean<T>> {
     }
 
     int initPriority() {
-      final Priority ann = bean.getClass().getAnnotation(Priority.class);
-      if (ann != null) {
-        priorityDefined = true;
-        return ann.value();
+      // Avoid adding hard dependency on annotation-api by using reflection
+      for (Annotation ann : bean.getClass().getAnnotations()) {
+        Class<? extends Annotation> type = ann.annotationType();
+        String name = type.getName();
+        if (!"javax.annotation.Priority".equals(name)) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        try {
+          int priority = (Integer) type.getMethod("value").invoke(ann);
+          priorityDefined = true;
+          return priority;
+        } catch (NoSuchMethodException | SecurityException | IllegalAccessException | IllegalArgumentException | InvocationTargetException | ExceptionInInitializerError | ClassCastException e) {
+          // If this happens, something has gone very wrong...
+          throw new UnsupportedOperationException(e);
+        }
       }
       // Default priority as per javax.ws.rs.Priorities.USER
       // User-level filter/interceptor priority