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Java Reflection - Method.getDeclaredAnnotations() Examples

[Last Updated: Nov 8, 2025]

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Class:

java.lang.reflect.Method

java.lang.Objectjava.lang.Objectjava.lang.reflect.AccessibleObjectjava.lang.reflect.AccessibleObjectjava.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElementAnnotatedElementjava.lang.reflect.Executablejava.lang.reflect.Executablejava.lang.reflect.MemberMemberjava.lang.reflect.GenericDeclarationGenericDeclarationjava.lang.reflect.Methodjava.lang.reflect.MethodLogicBig

Method:

public Annotation[] getDeclaredAnnotations()

Returns annotations that are directly present on this method.


Examples


package com.logicbig.example.method;

import java.lang.annotation.*;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.util.Arrays;

public class GetDeclaredAnnotationsExample {
    @Async
    public void process(){}

    public static void main(String... args) throws NoSuchMethodException {
        Method m = GetDeclaredAnnotationsExample.class.getDeclaredMethod("process");
        Annotation[] annotations = m.getDeclaredAnnotations();
        System.out.println(Arrays.toString(annotations));
    }
    @Target({ElementType.METHOD})
    @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
    private @interface Async {}
}

Output

[@com.logicbig.example.method.GetDeclaredAnnotationsExample$Async()]




package com.logicbig.example.method;

import java.lang.annotation.*;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.util.Arrays;

public class GetDeclaredAnnotationsExample2 {

    public static void main(String... args) throws NoSuchMethodException {
        Method m = GetDeclaredAnnotationsExample2.Task.class.getDeclaredMethod("process");
        Annotation[] annotations = m.getDeclaredAnnotations();
        System.out.println(Arrays.toString(annotations));
    }

    private static class Processor {
        @Async
        public void process() {}
    }

    public static class Task extends Processor {
    }

    @Target({ElementType.METHOD})
    @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
    private @interface Async {}
}

Output

[@com.logicbig.example.method.GetDeclaredAnnotationsExample2$Async()]

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