Java tutorial
import java.lang.annotation.Retention; import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy; import java.lang.reflect.Method; @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) @interface MyMarker { } class Marker { @MyMarker public static void myMeth() { Marker ob = new Marker(); try { Method m = ob.getClass().getMethod("myMeth"); if (m.isAnnotationPresent(MyMarker.class)) System.out.println("MyMarker is present."); } catch (NoSuchMethodException exc) { System.out.println("Method Not Found."); } } public static void main(String args[]) { myMeth(); } }