Class AnnotationInfo

src/main/java/io/github/classgraph/AnnotationInfo.java:47–563

Holds metadata about a specific annotation instance on a class, method, method parameter or field.

/** Holds metadata about a specific annotation instance on a class, method, method parameter or field. */
public class AnnotationInfo extends ScanResultObject implements Comparable<AnnotationInfo>, HasName {
    /** The name. */
    private String name;

    /** The annotation param values. */
    private AnnotationParameterValueList annotationParamValues;

    /**
     * Set to true once any Object[] arrays of boxed types in annotationParamValues have been lazily converted to
     * primitive arrays.
     */
    private transient boolean annotationParamValuesHasBeenConvertedToPrimitive;

    /** The annotation param values with defaults. */
    private transient AnnotationParameterValueList annotationParamValuesWithDefaults;

    /** Default constructor for deserialization. */
    AnnotationInfo() {
        super();
    }

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    /**
     * Constructor.
     *
     * @param name
     *            The name of the annotation.
     * @param annotationParamValues
     *            The annotation parameter values, or null if none.
     */
    AnnotationInfo(final String name, final AnnotationParameterValueList annotationParamValues) {
        super();
        this.name = name;
        this.annotationParamValues = annotationParamValues;
    }

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    /**
     * Get the name.
     *
     * @return The name of the annotation class.
     */
    @Override
    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    /**
     * Checks if the annotation is inherited.
     *
     * @return true if this annotation is meta-annotated with {@link Inherited}.
     */
    public boolean isInherited() {
        return getClassInfo().isInherited;
    }