Here you can find the source of getAnnotation(final Class
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked") public static <ANN extends Annotation> ANN getAnnotation(final Class<ANN> reference, final AccessibleObject obj)
//package com.java2s; /**/*from ww w . jav a 2 s . co m*/ * Copyright ? Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. * * All Rights Reserved * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * THIS CODE IS PROVIDED *AS IS* BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS * OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION * ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF TITLE, FITNESS FOR A * PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. * * See the Apache License, Version 2.0 for the specific language * governing permissions and limitations under the License. */ import java.lang.annotation.Annotation; import java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject; public class Main { @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") public static <ANN extends Annotation> ANN getAnnotation(final Class<ANN> reference, final AccessibleObject obj) { final Annotation ann = obj.getAnnotation(reference); return ann == null ? null : (ANN) ann; } }