Java Utililty Methods Reflection Method Annotation

List<Method> result = new ArrayList<Method>();
for (Class<?> c = clazz; c != null; c = c.getSuperclass()) {
    for (Method method : c.getMethods()) {
        if (method.getAnnotation(annotationType) != null && !contains(result, method)) {
            result.add(method);
return result.toArray(new Method[0]);

List<Method> methods = new ArrayList<>();
Class<?> clazz = type;
while (clazz != Object.class) {
    for (Method method : clazz.getDeclaredMethods()) {
        if (method.isAnnotationPresent(annotation)) {
            methods.add(method);
    if (!checkSuper) {
        break;
    clazz = clazz.getSuperclass();
return methods;

final List<Method> result = new ArrayList<Method>();
final List<Method> methods = getMethods(clazz);
for (final Method m : methods) {
    if (isAnnotationPresent(m.getAnnotations(), annotationClasses))
        result.add(m);
return result;

Map<String, Map<String, Object>> map = new HashMap<String, Map<String, Object>>(20);
Method[] methods = targetClass.getDeclaredMethods();
for (Method method : methods) {
    if (method.isAnnotationPresent(annotationClasss)) {
        Map<String, Object> methodMap = new HashMap<String, Object>(10);
        Annotation p = method.getAnnotation(annotationClasss);
        for (String annotationField : annotationFields) {
            Method m = p.getClass().getDeclaredMethod(annotationField);
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