Java tutorial
import java.lang.annotation.Retention; import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy; import java.lang.reflect.Method; @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) @interface MyAnno { String str(); int val(); } public class MainClass { @MyAnno(str = "Annotation Example", val = 100) public static void myMeth() { MainClass ob = new MainClass(); try { Class c = ob.getClass(); Method m = c.getMethod("myMeth"); MyAnno anno = m.getAnnotation(MyAnno.class); System.out.println(anno.str() + " " + anno.val()); } catch (NoSuchMethodException exc) { System.out.println("Method Not Found."); } } public static void main(String args[]) { myMeth(); } }