Get annotation by Annotation class in Java
Description
The following code shows how to get annotation by Annotation class.
Example
/* w w w . java 2s. com*/
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@interface MySingle {
int value(); // this variable name must be value
}
public class Main {
@MySingle(100)
public static void myMeth() {
Main ob = new Main();
try {
Method m = ob.getClass().getMethod("myMeth");
MySingle anno = m.getAnnotation(MySingle.class);
System.out.println(anno.value()); // displays 100
} catch (NoSuchMethodException exc) {
System.out.println("Method Not Found.");
}
}
public static void main(String args[]) {
myMeth();
}
}
The code above generates the following result.