Retrieve the value of the "value" attribute of a single-element Annotation, given an annotation instance. - Java java.lang.annotation

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Retrieve the value of the "value" attribute of a single-element Annotation, given an annotation instance.

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

public class Main {
    /** The attribute name for annotations with a single element */
    static final String VALUE = "value";

    /**
     * Retrieve the <em>value</em> of the <code>&quot;value&quot;</code> attribute of a
     * single-element Annotation, given an annotation instance.
     * @param annotation the annotation instance from which to retrieve the value
     * @return the attribute value, or <code>null</code> if not found
     * @see #getValue(Annotation, String)
     */
    public static Object getValue(Annotation annotation) {
        return getValue(annotation, VALUE);
    }

    /**
     * Retrieve the <em>value</em> of a named Annotation attribute, given an annotation instance.
     * @param annotation the annotation instance from which to retrieve the value
     * @param attributeName the name of the attribute value to retrieve
     * @return the attribute value, or <code>null</code> if not found
     * @see #getValue(Annotation)
     */
    public static Object getValue(Annotation annotation,
            String attributeName) {
        try {
            Method method = annotation.annotationType().getDeclaredMethod(
                    attributeName, new Class[0]);
            return method.invoke(annotation);
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            return null;
        }
    }
}

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