How to get annotations of a member variable?

Question

I want to know a class's some member variable's annotations , I use BeanInfo beanInfo = Introspector.getBeanInfo(User.class) to introspect a class , and use BeanInfo.getPropertyDescriptors() , to find specific property , and use Class type = propertyDescriptor.getPropertyType() to get the property's Class .

But I don't know how to get the annotations added to the member variable ?

I tried type.getAnnotations() , and type.getDeclaredAnnotations() , but both return the Class's annotations , not what I want . For example :

class User 
{
  @Id
  private Long id;

  @Column(name="ADDRESS_ID")
  private Address address;

  // getters , setters
}

@Entity
@Table(name = "Address")
@Cache(usage = CacheConcurrencyStrategy.NONSTRICT_READ_WRITE)
class Address 
{
  ...
}

I want to get the address's annotation : @Column , not class Address's annotations (@Entity , @Table , @Cache) . How to achieve it ? Thanks.

Answer 1

for(Field field : cls.getDeclaredFields()){
  Class type = field.getType();
  String name = field.getName();
  Annotation[] annotations = field.getDeclaredAnnotations();
}

See also: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/reflect/class/classMembers.html

Answer 2

Everybody describes issue with getting annotations, but the problem is in definition of your annotation. You should to add to your annotation definition a @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME):

@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.FIELD)
public @interface MyAnnotation{
    int id();
}