All Known Subinterfaces:

AnnotatedCallable<X>, AnnotatedConstructor<X>, AnnotatedField<X>, AnnotatedMember<X>, AnnotatedMethod<X>, AnnotatedParameter<X>, AnnotatedType<X>
```
public interface Annotated
```
Represents a Java program element that can be annotated.

Author:

Gavin King, Pete Muir, Clint Popetz, John D. Ament

See Also:

AnnotatedElement

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`<T extends Annotation> T`	`getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationType)`	Get program element annotation of a certain annotation type.
`Set<Annotation>`	`getAnnotations()`	Get all annotations of the program element.
`<T extends Annotation> Set<T>`	`getAnnotations(Class<T> annotationType)`	Get program element annotations of a certain annotation type.
`Type`	`getBaseType()`	Get the type of the annotated program element.
`Set<Type>`	`getTypeClosure()`	Get all types to which the base type should be considered assignable.
`boolean`	`isAnnotationPresent(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType)`	Determine if the program element has an annotation of a certain annotation type.

- Method Detail
  - getBaseType
```
Type getBaseType()
```
    Get the type of the annotated program element.
    
    Returns:
    
    the type of the annotated program element
  - getTypeClosure
```
Set<Type> getTypeClosure()
```
    Get all types to which the base type should be considered assignable.
    
    Returns:
    
    a set of all types to which the base type should be considered assignable
  - getAnnotation
```
<T extends Annotation> T getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationType)
```
    Get program element annotation of a certain annotation type. The behavior of this method is intended to be the same behavior as AnnotatedElement.getAnnotation(Class), where repeatable annotations are not supported.
    
    Type Parameters:
    
    T - the type of the annotation
    
    Parameters:
    
    annotationType - the class of the annotation type
    
    Returns:
    
    the first program element annotation of the given annotation type, or a null value
  - getAnnotations
```
<T extends Annotation> Set<T> getAnnotations(Class<T> annotationType)
```
    Get program element annotations of a certain annotation type.
    This method returns back all annotations, including repeatable annotations of this type. The behavior of this method is intended to be the same behavior as AnnotatedElement.getAnnotationsByType(Class), where repeatable annotations are supported.
    
    Type Parameters:
    
    T - the type of the annotation
    
    Parameters:
    
    annotationType - the class of the annotation type
    
    Returns:
    
    the program element annotations of the given annotation type, or an empty collection
  - getAnnotations
```
Set<Annotation> getAnnotations()
```
    Get all annotations of the program element.
    
    Returns:
    
    all annotations of the program element, or an empty set if no annotations are present
  - isAnnotationPresent
```
boolean isAnnotationPresent(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType)
```
    Determine if the program element has an annotation of a certain annotation type. The behavior of this method is similar to AnnotatedElement.isAnnotationPresent(Class) for the underlying program element.
    
    Parameters:
    
    annotationType - the annotation type to check for
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the program element has an annotation of the given annotation type, or false otherwise

Interface Annotated

Method Summary

Method Detail

getBaseType

getTypeClosure

getAnnotation

getAnnotations

getAnnotations

isAnnotationPresent