Java Reflection Annotation getAnnotation(AnnotatedElement element, String annotationTypeName)

Description

get Annotation

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static Annotation getAnnotation(AnnotatedElement element, String annotationTypeName) 

Method Source Code

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

public class Main {
    public static Annotation getAnnotation(AnnotatedElement element, String annotationTypeName) {
        Class<?> annotationType = null; // Unbounded type token

        try {
            annotationType = Class.forName(annotationTypeName);
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(ex);
        }

        return element.getAnnotation(annotationType.asSubclass(Annotation.class));
    }
}

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