

Superclasses if the annotation is not directly present on Supplied Class, traversing its interfaces, annotations, and findAnnotation static A findAnnotation( Class annotationType)įind a single Annotation of annotationType on the.getDeclaredRepeatableAnnotations static Set getDeclaredRepeatableAnnotations( Class containerAnnotationType).GetRepeatableAnnotations(AnnotatedElement, Class, Class),ĪnnotatedElement.getDeclaredAnnotationsByType() Parameters: annotatedElement - the element to look for annotations on annotationType - the annotation type to look for Returns: the annotations found or an empty set (never null) Since: 4.2 See Also: getRepeatableAnnotations(AnnotatedElement, Class), Indirectly present, or meta-present on the element.ĪnnotatedElement.getDeclaredAnnotationsByType(Class) Where such annotations are either directly present, Of annotationType from the supplied AnnotatedElement, getDeclaredRepeatableAnnotations static Set getDeclaredRepeatableAnnotations( AnnotatedElement annotatedElement,.GetDeclaredRepeatableAnnotations(AnnotatedElement, Class),ĪnnotatedElementUtils.getMergedRepeatableAnnotations(AnnotatedElement, Class, Class), When running on Java 8 or higher Returns: the annotations found or an empty set (never null) Since: 4.2 See Also: getRepeatableAnnotations(AnnotatedElement, Class), Or if it should be looked up via Repeatable The annotations may be null if a container is not supported Parameters: annotatedElement - the element to look for annotations on annotationType - the annotation type to look for containerAnnotationType - the type of the container that holds With additional support for meta-annotations. getRepeatableAnnotations static Set getRepeatableAnnotations( Class containerAnnotationType).GetDeclaredRepeatableAnnotations(AnnotatedElement, Class, Class),ĪnnotatedElementUtils.getMergedRepeatableAnnotations(AnnotatedElement, Class),īridgeMethodResolver.findBridgedMethod(),ĪnnotatedElement.getAnnotationsByType() Parameters: annotatedElement - the element to look for annotations on annotationType - the annotation type to look for Returns: the annotations found or an empty set (never null) Since: 4.2 See Also: getRepeatableAnnotations(AnnotatedElement, Class, Class), Meta-annotations will be searched if the annotation is not

Handles both single annotations and annotations nested within aĬorrectly handles bridge methods generated by theĬompiler if the supplied element is a Method.

Java 8 or higher) and with additional support for meta-annotations.

With support for automatic detection of a container annotationĭeclared via Repeatable (when running on This method mimics the functionality of Java 8'sĪnnotatedElement.getAnnotationsByType(Class) Such annotations are either present, indirectly present, Since: 2.0 Author: Rob Harrop, Juergen Hoeller, Sam Brannen, Mark Fisher, Chris Beams, Phillip Webb, Oleg Zhurakousky See Also: AliasFor,ĪnnotatedElement.getDeclaredAnnotations()ĪnnotationType from the supplied AnnotatedElement, where As a consequence, additional annotations of the specified type willīe silently ignored. The search algorithms used by methods in this class stop searching forĪn annotation once the first annotation of the specified type has beenįound. SynthesizeAnnotation*(.) methods for details. Meta-annotations with attribute overrides in composed annotations,Ĭonsider using AnnotatedElementUtils's more specific methods instead.Īll public methods in this class that return annotations, arrays ofĪnnotations, or AnnotationAttributes transparently support attributeĪliases configured via Consult the various Javadoc for each method in this class for details. Provide support for finding annotations used as meta-annotations. Most find*() methods and some get*() methods in this class On another annotation if A is either directly present or Is declared as a meta-annotation on some other annotation which is Javadoc for AnnotatedElement (in Java 8).Īn annotation is meta-present on an element if the annotation Present have the same meanings as defined in the class-level The terms directly present, indirectly present, and Lookup on the given class level only ( getAnnotation(Method, Class))Īnd a find lookup in the entire inheritance hierarchy of the given You can still explicitly choose between a get GetAnnotation(Method, Class)) instead of the plain annotation lookup Transaction control, authorization, or service exposure), always use the JDK's introspection facilities themselves.Īs a general rule for runtime-retained application annotations (e.g. Note that most of the features of this class are not provided by the General utility methods for working with annotations, handling meta-annotations,īridge methods (which the compiler generates for generic declarations) as wellĪs super methods (for optional annotation inheritance).
