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 SummaryModifier and TypeMethodDescriptionReturns the constant pool entry holding the descriptor string of the annotation interface.default ClassDescReturns the annotation interface, as a symbolic descriptor.elements()Returns the element-value pairs of the annotation.static Annotationof(Utf8Entry annotationClass, AnnotationElement... elements) Returns an annotation.static Annotationof(Utf8Entry annotationClass, List<AnnotationElement> elements) Returns an annotation.static Annotationof(ClassDesc annotationClass, AnnotationElement... elements) Returns an annotation.static Annotationof(ClassDesc annotationClass, List<AnnotationElement> elements) Returns an annotation.
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Method Details- 
classNameUtf8Entry 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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classSymbolReturns the annotation interface, as a symbolic descriptor.- Returns:
- the annotation interface, as a symbolic descriptor
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elementsList<AnnotationElement> elements()Returns the element-value pairs of the annotation.- Returns:
- the element-value pairs of the annotation
 
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ofReturns an annotation.- Parameters:
- annotationClass- the constant pool entry holding the descriptor string of the annotation interface
- elements- the element-value pairs of the annotation
- Returns:
- an annotation
 
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ofReturns an annotation.- Parameters:
- annotationClass- the constant pool entry holding the descriptor string of the annotation interface
- elements- the element-value pairs of the annotation
- Returns:
- an annotation
 
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ofReturns an annotation.- Parameters:
- annotationClass- the descriptor of the annotation interface
- elements- the element-value pairs of the annotation
- Returns:
- an annotation
 
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ofReturns an annotation.- Parameters:
- annotationClass- the descriptor of the annotation interface
- elements- the element-value pairs of the annotation
- Returns:
- an annotation
 
 
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