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Java Reflection - Method.isAnnotationPresent() 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 boolean isAnnotationPresent(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass)

Returns true if an annotation for the specified type is present on this element, else false.


Examples


package com.logicbig.example.method;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;

public class IsAnnotationPresentExample {
    private static class Test {
        @Deprecated
        private void process() {
        }

        private void init() {}
    }

    public static void main(String... args) throws NoSuchMethodException {
        Method m = Test.class.getDeclaredMethod("process");
        boolean b = m.isAnnotationPresent(Deprecated.class);
        System.out.println(b);

        Method m2 = Test.class.getDeclaredMethod("init");
        boolean b2 = m2.isAnnotationPresent(Deprecated.class);
        System.out.println(b2);
    }
}

Output

true
false

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