Java Reflection Method Annotation getMethod(Class annotationClass, Class aClass)

Description

Return the first method with the given annotation.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
annotationClass	The annotation to search for.
aClass	The class to search in.

Return

THe first Method where the given annotation is present

Declaration

public static Method getMethod(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass, Class<?> aClass) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from   w w w. jav  a2 s .c o m
 * Copyright JTheque (Baptiste Wicht)
 *
 * 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
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Return the first method with the given annotation.
     *
     * @param annotationClass The annotation to search for.
     * @param aClass          The class to search in.
     *
     * @return THe first Method where the given annotation is present
     */
    public static Method getMethod(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass, Class<?> aClass) {
        for (Method method : aClass.getMethods()) {
            if (method.isAnnotationPresent(annotationClass)) {
                method.setAccessible(true);

                return method;
            }
        }

        return null;
    }
}

Related

1. getMethod(Class compClassOrSuper, Class annotation)
2. getMethodAnnotatedWith(Class toIntrospect, Class c)
3. getMethodAnnotation(Class a, Method m)
4. getMethodAnnotation(final Method method, final Class annoClass)