All Known Implementing Classes:

AccessibleObject, Class, Constructor, Field, Method, Package

public interface AnnotatedElement

Since:

1.5

See Also:

EnumConstantNotPresentException, TypeNotPresentException, AnnotationFormatError, AnnotationTypeMismatchException, IncompleteAnnotationException

• Method Summary

  Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  <T extends Annotation> T	getAnnotation (Class<T> annotationClass) Returns this element's annotation for the specified type if such an annotation is present, else null.
  Annotation[]	getAnnotations () Returns all annotations present on this element.
  Annotation[]	getDeclaredAnnotations () Returns all annotations that are directly present on this element.
  boolean	isAnnotationPresent (Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass) Returns true if an annotation for the specified type is present on this element, else false.

• Method Detail

  • isAnnotationPresent

    boolean isAnnotationPresent(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass)

    Returns true if an annotation for the specified type is present on this element, else false. This method is designed primarily for convenient access to marker annotations.

    Parameters:

    annotationClass - the Class object corresponding to the annotation type

    Returns:

    true if an annotation for the specified annotation type is present on this element, else false

    Throws:

    NullPointerException - if the given annotation class is null

    Since:

    1.5

  • getAnnotation

    <T extends Annotation> T getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass)

    Returns this element's annotation for the specified type if such an annotation is present, else null.

    Parameters:

    annotationClass - the Class object corresponding to the annotation type

    Returns:

    this element's annotation for the specified annotation type if present on this element, else null

    Throws:

    NullPointerException - if the given annotation class is null

    Since:

    1.5

  • getAnnotations

    Annotation[] getAnnotations()

    Returns all annotations present on this element. (Returns an array of length zero if this element has no annotations.) The caller of this method is free to modify the returned array; it will have no effect on the arrays returned to other callers.

    Returns:

    all annotations present on this element

    Since:

    1.5

  • getDeclaredAnnotations

    Annotation[] getDeclaredAnnotations()

    Returns all annotations that are directly present on this element. Unlike the other methods in this interface, this method ignores inherited annotations. (Returns an array of length zero if no annotations are directly present on this element.) The caller of this method is free to modify the returned array; it will have no effect on the arrays returned to other callers.

    Returns:

    All annotations directly present on this element

    Since:

    1.5