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Java Annotation: Annotation and Reflection
Java Annotation: Annotation and Reflection
 

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License for Java 1.5 'Tiger': A Developer's Notebook
     (O'Reilly) example package

Java 1.5 'Tiger': A Developer's Notebook (O'Reilly) 
by Brett McLaughlin and David Flanagan.
ISBN: 0-596-00738-8

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*/
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintStream;
import java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement;
import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;

import java.util.Date;
import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.Inherited;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;

public class ReflectionTester {

  public ReflectionTester() {
  }

  public void testAnnotationPresent(PrintStream outthrows IOException {
    Class c = Super.class;
    boolean inProgress = c.isAnnotationPresent(InProgress.class);
    if (inProgress) {
      out.println("Super is In Progress");
    else {
      out.println("Super is not In Progress");
    }
  }

  public void testInheritedAnnotation(PrintStream outthrows IOException {
    Class c = Sub.class;
    boolean inProgress = c.isAnnotationPresent(InProgress.class);
    if (inProgress) {
      out.println("Sub is In Progress");
    else {
      out.println("Sub is not In Progress");
    }
  }

  public void testGetAnnotation(PrintStream out
    throws IOException, NoSuchMethodException {

    Class c = AnnotationTester.class;
    AnnotatedElement element = c.getMethod("calculateInterest"
                                  float.class, float.class);

    GroupTODO groupTodo = element.getAnnotation(GroupTODO.class);
    String assignedTo = groupTodo.assignedTo();

    out.println("TODO Item on Annotation Tester is assigned to: '" 
        assignedTo + "'");
  }

  public void printAnnotations(AnnotatedElement e, PrintStream out)
    throws IOException {

    out.printf("Printing annotations for '%s'%n%n", e.toString());

    Annotation[] annotations = e.getAnnotations();
    for (Annotation a : annotations) {
      out.printf("    * Annotation '%s' found%n"
        a.annotationType().getName());
    }
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    try {
      ReflectionTester tester = new ReflectionTester();

      tester.testAnnotationPresent(System.out);
      tester.testInheritedAnnotation(System.out);

      tester.testGetAnnotation(System.out);

      Class c = AnnotationTester.class;
      AnnotatedElement element = c.getMethod("calculateInterest"
                                    float.class, float.class);      
      tester.printAnnotations(element, System.out);
    catch (Exception e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    
  }
}

class Sub extends Super {

  public void print(PrintStream outthrows IOException {
    out.println("Sub printing...");
  }
}

@InProgress class Super {

  public void print(PrintStream outthrows IOException {
    out.println("Super printing...");
  }
}

@Documented
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@interface GroupTODO {

  public enum Severity CRITICAL, IMPORTANT, TRIVIAL, DOCUMENTATION };

  Severity severity() default Severity.IMPORTANT;
  String item();
  String assignedTo();
  String dateAssigned();
}

/**
 * Marker annotation to indicate that a method or class
 *   is still in progress.
 */
@Documented
@Inherited
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@interface InProgress { }

           
         
  
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