net.openhft.chronicle.core.internal

Class AnnotationFinder

java.lang.Object

net.openhft.chronicle.core.internal.AnnotationFinder

public class AnnotationFinder
extends Object

A utility class for handling annotation discovery on annotated elements, considering direct annotations, nested annotations, and inherited annotations.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AnnotationFinder()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static <A extends Annotation> A	findAnnotation(AnnotatedElement annotatedElement, Class<A> annotationType) Retrieve an annotation of the specified annotationType that is present on the given annotatedElement, including considering nested annotations and method inheritance.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AnnotationFinder

public AnnotationFinder()

Method Detail

findAnnotation

public static <A extends Annotation> A findAnnotation(AnnotatedElement annotatedElement,
                                                      Class<A> annotationType)

Retrieve an annotation of the specified annotationType that is present on the given annotatedElement, including considering nested annotations and method inheritance. If the annotation isn't found, this method returns null.

Type Parameters:

A - denotes the annotation type.

Parameters:

annotatedElement - the element (e.g., class, method, field) to inspect for annotations.

annotationType - the desired annotation's type.

Returns:

the found annotation of type A or null if not present.