Interface Annotation
public sealed interface Annotation
Models an
annotation
structure (JVMS 4.7.16) or part of a
type_annotation
structure (JVMS 4.7.20). This model indicates the
interface of the annotation and a set of element-value pairs.
This model can reconstruct an annotation, given the location of the modeled
structure in the class
file and the definition of the annotation
interface.
Two Annotation
objects should be compared using the equals
method.
- API Note:
- For Java programs, the location of the modeled structure indicates the source code element or type (JLS 9.7.4) on which the reconstructed annotation appears, and the annotation interface definition determines whether the reconstructed annotation has elements with default values (JLS 9.6.2), and whether the reconstructed annotation is a container annotation for multiple annotations (JLS 9.7.5).
- Since:
- 24
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionReturns the constant pool entry holding the descriptor string of the annotation interface.default ClassDesc
Returns the annotation interface, as a symbolic descriptor.elements()
Returns the element-value pairs of the annotation.static Annotation
of
(Utf8Entry annotationClass, AnnotationElement... elements) Returns an annotation.static Annotation
of
(Utf8Entry annotationClass, List<AnnotationElement> elements) Returns an annotation.static Annotation
of
(ClassDesc annotationClass, AnnotationElement... elements) Returns an annotation.static Annotation
of
(ClassDesc annotationClass, List<AnnotationElement> elements) Returns an annotation.
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Method Details
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className
Utf8Entry className()Returns the constant pool entry holding the descriptor string of the annotation interface.- Returns:
- the constant pool entry holding the descriptor string of the annotation interface
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classSymbol
Returns the annotation interface, as a symbolic descriptor.- Returns:
- the annotation interface, as a symbolic descriptor
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elements
List<AnnotationElement> elements()Returns the element-value pairs of the annotation.- Returns:
- the element-value pairs of the annotation
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of
Returns an annotation.- Parameters:
annotationClass
- the constant pool entry holding the descriptor string of the annotation interfaceelements
- the element-value pairs of the annotation- Returns:
- an annotation
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of
Returns an annotation.- Parameters:
annotationClass
- the constant pool entry holding the descriptor string of the annotation interfaceelements
- the element-value pairs of the annotation- Returns:
- an annotation
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of
Returns an annotation.- Parameters:
annotationClass
- the descriptor of the annotation interfaceelements
- the element-value pairs of the annotation- Returns:
- an annotation
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of
Returns an annotation.- Parameters:
annotationClass
- the descriptor of the annotation interfaceelements
- the element-value pairs of the annotation- Returns:
- an annotation
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