Java Reflection Annotation getAnnotationClass(String name)

Description

get Annotation Class

License

Apache License

Declaration

@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    private static Class<? extends Annotation> getAnnotationClass(String name) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from  w  w  w .  jav a2  s.  c  om*/
 * Copyright 2014-2018 Netflix, Inc.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 *
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 *
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import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;

public class Main {
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    private static Class<? extends Annotation> getAnnotationClass(String name) {
        try {
            return (Class<? extends Annotation>) Class.forName(name);
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
            return null;
        }
    }
}

Related

1. getAnnotationByType(List annotations, Class annotationType)
2. getAnnotationClass(Annotation a)
3. getAnnotationClass(Annotation annotation)
4. getAnnotationClass(Class clazz, Class annotation)
5. getAnnotationClass(Class entityClass, Class annotationClass)
6. getAnnotationDeep(Annotation from, Class toFind)
7. getAnnotationDefault(Class annotationClass, String element)
8. getAnnotationDefaultMap(Class annotationClass)
9. getAnnotationElementValue(AnnotatedElement annotatedElement, String annotationClassName, String annotationElementName, Class annotationElementType)