Java Reflection Annotation getAnnotation( final AnnotatedElement anElement, final Class annotationClass)

Description

get Annotation

License

Open Source License

Declaration

private static <T extends Annotation> T getAnnotation(
            final AnnotatedElement anElement, final Class<T> annotationClass) 

Method Source Code

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

public class Main {
    private static <T extends Annotation> T getAnnotation(
            final AnnotatedElement anElement, final Class<T> annotationClass) {
        return anElement != null ? (T) anElement
                .getAnnotation(annotationClass) : null;
    }
}

Related

1. getAnnotation( final Method method, final Class annotationClass)
2. getAnnotation(@Nonnull Annotation[] annotations, @Nonnull Class annotation)
3. getAnnotation(@Nonnull Class cls, @Nonnull Class annotation)
4. getAnnotation(AnnotatedElement ae, Class annotationType)