get Annotation from AnnotatedElement - Java java.lang.annotation

Java examples for java.lang.annotation:Annotation Element

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get Annotation from AnnotatedElement

Demo Code

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//package com.java2s;
import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement;

public class Main {
    public static <T extends Annotation> T getAnnotation(
            AnnotatedElement ae, Class<T> annotationType) {
        T ann = ae.getAnnotation(annotationType);
        if (ann == null) {
            for (Annotation metaAnn : ae.getAnnotations()) {
                ann = metaAnn.annotationType()
                        .getAnnotation(annotationType);
                if (ann != null) {
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
        return ann;
    }
}

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