Class getDeclaredAnnotation() method in Java with Examples

// Java program to demonstrate
// getDeclaredAnnotation() method

import java.util.*;
import java.lang.annotation.*;

// create a custom DeclaredAnnotation
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@interface DeclaredAnnotation {

    // This declared annotation has two attributes.
    public String key();

    public String value();
}

// call DeclaredAnnotation for method
// and pass values for declared annotation
@DeclaredAnnotation(key = "GFG", value = "GeeksForGeeks")
public class Test {

    public Object obj;

    public static void main(String[] args)
        throws ClassNotFoundException
    {

        // returns the Class object for this class
        Class myClass = Test.class;

        System.out.println(
            "Class represented by myClass: "
            + myClass.toString());

        // Get the declared annotation
        // using getDeclaredAnnotation() method
        System.out.println(
            "DeclaredAnnotation of myClass: "
            + myClass
                  .getDeclaredAnnotation(
                      DeclaredAnnotation.class));
    }
}

// Java program to demonstrate
// getDeclaredAnnotation() method

import java.util.*;
import java.lang.annotation.*;

@Deprecated
public class Test {

    public Object obj;

    public static void main(String[] args)
        throws ClassNotFoundException
    {
        try {
            // returns the Class object for this class
            Class myClass = Test.class;

            System.out.println(
                "Class represented by myClass: "
                + myClass.toString());

            // Get the declared annotation
            // using getDeclaredAnnotation() method
            System.out.println(
                "DeclaredAnnotation of myClass: "
                + myClass
                      .getDeclaredAnnotation(
                          Deprecated.class));
        }
        catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.println(e);
        }
    }
}