AnnotationType

extends Object

java.lang.Object
↳	sun.reflect.annotation.AnnotationType

Class Overview

Represents an annotation type at run time. Used to type-check annotations and apply member defaults.

Summary

Public Methods
synchronized static AnnotationType	getInstance(Class annotationClass) Returns an AnnotationType instance for the specified annotation type.
static Class	invocationHandlerReturnType(Class type) Returns the type that must be returned by the invocation handler of a dynamic proxy in order to have the dynamic proxy return the specified type (which is assumed to be a legal member type for an annotation).
boolean	isInherited() Returns true if this this annotation type is inherited.
Map<String, Object>	memberDefaults() Returns the default values for this annotation type (Member name -> default value mapping).
Map<String, Class>	memberTypes() Returns member types for this annotation type (member name -> type mapping).
Map<String, Method>	members() Returns members of this annotation type (member name -> associated Method object mapping).
RetentionPolicy	retention() Returns the retention policy for this annotation type.
String	toString() For debugging.

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Inherited Methods

From class java.lang.Object

Object	clone() Creates and returns a copy of this object.
boolean	equals(Object obj) Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
void	finalize() Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.
final Class<?>	getClass() Returns the runtime class of this `Object`.
int	hashCode() Returns a hash code value for the object.
final void	notify() Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.
final void	notifyAll() Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.
String	toString() Returns a string representation of the object.
final void	wait() Causes the current thread to wait until another thread invokes the `notify()` method or the `notifyAll()` method for this object.
final void	wait(long timeout, int nanos) Causes the current thread to wait until another thread invokes the `notify()` method or the `notifyAll()` method for this object, or some other thread interrupts the current thread, or a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
final void	wait(long timeout) Causes the current thread to wait until either another thread invokes the `notify()` method or the `notifyAll()` method for this object, or a specified amount of time has elapsed.

Public Methods

public static synchronized AnnotationType getInstance (Class annotationClass)

Returns an AnnotationType instance for the specified annotation type.

public static Class invocationHandlerReturnType (Class type)

Returns the type that must be returned by the invocation handler of a dynamic proxy in order to have the dynamic proxy return the specified type (which is assumed to be a legal member type for an annotation).

public boolean isInherited ()

Returns true if this this annotation type is inherited.

public Map<String, Object> memberDefaults ()

Returns the default values for this annotation type (Member name -> default value mapping).

public Map<String, Class> memberTypes ()

Returns member types for this annotation type (member name -> type mapping).

public Map<String, Method> members ()

Returns members of this annotation type (member name -> associated Method object mapping).

public RetentionPolicy retention ()

Returns the retention policy for this annotation type.

public String toString ()

For debugging.

Returns

a string representation of the object.

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