Class.GetAnnotation(Class) Method

Definition

Namespace:: Java.Lang

Assembly:: Mono.Android.dll

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Returns this class's annotation for the requested type, or null if it is not present.

[Android.Runtime.Register("getAnnotation", "(Ljava/lang/Class;)Ljava/lang/annotation/Annotation;", "")]
[Java.Interop.JavaTypeParameters(new System.String[] { "A extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation" })]
public Java.Lang.Object? GetAnnotation(Java.Lang.Class annotationClass);

[<Android.Runtime.Register("getAnnotation", "(Ljava/lang/Class;)Ljava/lang/annotation/Annotation;", "")>]
[<Java.Interop.JavaTypeParameters(new System.String[] { "A extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation" })>]
abstract member GetAnnotation : Java.Lang.Class -> Java.Lang.Object
override this.GetAnnotation : Java.Lang.Class -> Java.Lang.Object

Parameters

annotationClass: Class

The Class object representing the requested annotation type.

Returns

Object

The annotation of the requested type on this class, or null if it is not present.

Implements

GetAnnotation(Class)

Attributes: RegisterAttribute JavaTypeParametersAttribute

Exceptions

NullPointerException

if annotationClass is null.

Remarks

For an inherited annotation type, the returned annotation can be inherited from a superclass.

Note that any annotation returned by this method is a declaration annotation.

Added in 1.5.

Java documentation for java.lang.Class.getAnnotation(java.lang.Class<A>).

Portions of this page are modifications based on work created and shared by the Android Open Source Project and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution License.

Applies to