Java Reflection Annotation Find findAnnotation(Annotation[] searchList, Class annotation)

Description

find Annotation

License

Apache License

Declaration

@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public static <T> T findAnnotation(Annotation[] searchList, Class<T> annotation) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from  ww  w .java 2s .c o m
 * Copyright 2011 cruxframework.org.
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
 * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
 * the License at
 * 
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
 * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
 * the License.
 */

import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;

public class Main {
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public static <T> T findAnnotation(Annotation[] searchList, Class<T> annotation) {
        if (searchList == null) {
            return null;
        }
        for (Annotation ann : searchList) {
            if (ann.annotationType().equals(annotation)) {
                return (T) ann;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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