Re: read java Annotation field values from class

From:

Lew <noone@lewscanon.com>

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comp.lang.java.programmer

Date:

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 10:00:55 -0800

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markspace wrote:

mani wrote:

[Please explain] How to read java [sic] Annotation field values from reflect class.
I am having a java [sic] class file Myclass.java.

That's not a class file, that's a source file.

This file having the annotation

@interface MyAnnotation {
boolean DuplicateValues();

This attribute name violates the naming conventions.

boolean DuplicateVariables();

This attribute name violates the naming conventions.

}
@MyAnnotation(DuplicateValues = true, DuplicateVariables = true)

I need to get get value of DuplicateValues, DuplicateVariables, that
means true,true from Myclass.class .

When you define the annotation, you have to add another annotation that tells
the compiler to insert the annotation into the bytecode. The default I believe
is that the annotation is only available to the compiler.
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface MyAnnotation {
boolean DuplicateValues();
boolean DuplicateVariables();
}

<http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/guide/language/annotations.html>

<http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/annotations.html>

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