Byte Buddy 1.14.12 · net.bytebuddy.description.annotation.AnnotationDescription

An annotation description describes java.lang.annotation.Annotation meta data of a class without this class being required to be loaded. All values of an annotation are therefore represented in unloaded state:

java.lang.Class instances are represented as TypeDescriptions.
java.lang.Enum instances are represented as net.bytebuddy.description.enumeration.EnumerationDescriptions.
java.lang.annotation.Annotations are described as AnnotationDescriptions.
All primitive types are represented as their wrapper types.

An annotation can however be loaded in order to access unwrapped values. This will cause a loading of the classes of these values.

Nested and Inner Type Summary

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
public abstract static class	AnnotationDescription.AbstractBase An adapter implementation of an annotation.
public static class	AnnotationDescription.AnnotationInvocationHandler< The type of the handled annotation. T extends Annotation> An `java.lang.reflect.InvocationHandler` for implementing annotations.
public static class	AnnotationDescription.Builder A builder for pragmatically creating `net.bytebuddy.description.annotation.AnnotationDescription`.
public static class	AnnotationDescription.ForLoadedAnnotation< The type of the annotation. S extends Annotation> A description of an already loaded annotation.
public static class	AnnotationDescription.Latent A latent description of an annotation value that is defined explicitly.
public static interface	AnnotationDescription.Loadable< The annotation type. S extends Annotation> An annotation description that is linked to a given loaded annotation type which allows its representation as a fully loaded instance.
public static enum	AnnotationDescription.RenderingDispatcher A rendering dispatcher is responsible for resolving annotation descriptions to `String` representations.

Field Summary

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
public static final AnnotationDescription.Loadable<?>	UNDEFINED Indicates a nonexistent annotation in a type-safe manner.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
public TypeDescription	Returns: A description of the annotation type of this annotation. getAnnotationType() Returns a description of the annotation type of this annotation.
public Set<ElementType>	Returns: A set of all element types that can declare this annotation. getElementTypes() Returns a set of all `ElementType`s that can declare this annotation.
public RetentionPolicy	Returns: This annotation's retention policy. getRetention() Returns this annotation's retention policy.
public AnnotationValue<?, ?>	Returns: The value for the supplied property. getValue(String The name of the property being accessed. property) Returns a value of this annotation.
public AnnotationValue<?, ?>	Returns: The value for the supplied property. getValue(MethodDescription.InDefinedShape The property being accessed. property) Returns a value of this annotation.
public boolean	Returns: `true` if this annotation is documented. isDocumented() Checks if this annotation is documented.
public boolean	Returns: `true` if this annotation is inherited. isInherited() Checks if this annotation is inherited.
public boolean	Returns: `true` if the supplied element type is supported by this annotation. isSupportedOn(ElementType The element type to check. elementType) Checks if this annotation is supported on the supplied element type.
public boolean	Returns: `true` if the supplied element type is supported by this annotation. isSupportedOn(String The element type to check. elementType) Checks if this annotation is supported on the supplied element type.
public < The type of the annotation. T extends Annotation> AnnotationDescription.Loadable<T>	Returns: A loadable version of this annotation description. prepare(Class<T> The loaded annotation type of this annotation description. annotationType) Links this annotation description to a given annotation type such that it can be loaded.

public Interface AnnotationDescription

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