1. Description
2. Method Summary
3. Method Details
   1. getAnnotatedOwnerType()
   2. getType()
   3. getAnnotation(Class)
   4. getAnnotations()
   5. getDeclaredAnnotations()

• Method Summary

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  Modifier and Type

  Method

  Description

  default AnnotatedType

  getAnnotatedOwnerType()

  Returns the potentially annotated type that this type is a member of, if this type represents a nested type.

  <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 annotations that are present on this element.

  Annotation[]

  getDeclaredAnnotations()

  Returns annotations that are directly present on this element.

  Type

  getType()

  Returns the underlying type that this annotated type represents.

  Methods declared in interface AnnotatedElement

  getAnnotationsByType, getDeclaredAnnotation, getDeclaredAnnotationsByType, isAnnotationPresent

  Modifier and Type

  Method

  Description

  default <T extends Annotation>
  T[]

  getAnnotationsByType(Class<T> annotationClass)

  Returns annotations that are associated with this element.

  default <T extends Annotation>
  T

  getDeclaredAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass)

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

  default <T extends Annotation>
  T[]

  getDeclaredAnnotationsByType(Class<T> annotationClass)

  Returns this element's annotation(s) for the specified type if such annotations are either directly present or indirectly present.

  default boolean

  isAnnotationPresent(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass)

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

• Method Details

  • getAnnotatedOwnerType

    default AnnotatedType getAnnotatedOwnerType()

    Returns the potentially annotated type that this type is a member of, if this type represents a nested type. For example, if this type is @TA O<T>.I<S>, return a representation of @TA O<T>.

    Returns null if this AnnotatedType represents a top-level class or interface, or a local or anonymous class, or a primitive type, or void.

    Returns null if this AnnotatedType is an instance of AnnotatedArrayType, AnnotatedTypeVariable, or AnnotatedWildcardType.

    Implementation Requirements: This default implementation returns null and performs no other action. Returns: an AnnotatedType object representing the potentially annotated type that this type is a member of, or null Throws: TypeNotPresentException - if the owner type refers to a non-existent class or interface declaration MalformedParameterizedTypeException - if the owner type refers to a parameterized type that cannot be instantiated for any reason Since: 9

  • getType

    Type getType()

    Returns the underlying type that this annotated type represents.

    Returns: the type this annotated type represents

  • 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.

    Note that any annotation returned by this method is a type annotation.

    Specified by: getAnnotation in interface AnnotatedElement Type Parameters: T - the type of the annotation to query for and return if present 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

  • getAnnotations

    Annotation[] getAnnotations()

    Returns annotations that are present on this element. If there are no annotations present on this element, the return value is an array of length 0. The caller of this method is free to modify the returned array; it will have no effect on the arrays returned to other callers.

    Note that any annotations returned by this method are type annotations.

    Specified by: getAnnotations in interface AnnotatedElement Returns: annotations present on this element

  • getDeclaredAnnotations

    Annotation[] getDeclaredAnnotations()

    Returns annotations that are directly present on this element. This method ignores inherited annotations. If there are no annotations directly present on this element, the return value is an array of length 0. The caller of this method is free to modify the returned array; it will have no effect on the arrays returned to other callers.

    Note that any annotations returned by this method are type annotations.

    Specified by: getDeclaredAnnotations in interface AnnotatedElement Returns: annotations directly present on this element

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