AnnotationAccessor (cloud-core 1.3.0 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AnnotationAccessor.NullAnnotationAccessor
```
public interface AnnotationAccessor
```
Managed access for Annotation instances

Since:

1.2.0

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type Interface Description

static class AnnotationAccessor.NullAnnotationAccessor
Annotation accessor that cannot access any annotations

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`<A extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> @Nullable A`	`annotation(@NonNull java.lang.Class<A> clazz)`	Get an annotation instance, if it's present.
`@NonNull java.util.Collection<@NonNull java.lang.annotation.Annotation>`	`annotations()`	Get an immutable collection containing all of the annotations that are accessible using the annotation accessor
`static @NonNull AnnotationAccessor`	`empty()`	Get a `AnnotationAccessor` that cannot access any annotations
`static @NonNull AnnotationAccessor`	`of(@NonNull java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement element)`	Get a `AnnotationAccessor` instance for a `AnnotatedElement`, such as a `Class` or a `Method`.

- Method Detail
  - empty
```
static @NonNull AnnotationAccessor empty()
```
    Get a AnnotationAccessor that cannot access any annotations
    
    Returns:
    
    Empty annotation accessor
    
    Since:
    
    1.3.0
  - of
```
static @NonNull AnnotationAccessor of(@NonNull java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement element)
```
    Get a AnnotationAccessor instance for a AnnotatedElement, such as a Class or a Method. This instance can then be used as a proxy for retrieving the element's annotations
    
    Parameters:
    
    element - Annotated element that will be proxied by the accessor
    
    Returns:
    
    Annotation accessor proxying the given annotated element
  - annotation
```
<A extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> @Nullable A annotation(@NonNull java.lang.Class<A> clazz)
```
    Get an annotation instance, if it's present. If the annotation isn't available, this will return null
    
    Type Parameters:
    
    A - Annotation type
    
    Parameters:
    
    clazz - Annotation class
    
    Returns:
    
    Annotation instance, or null
  - annotations
```
@NonNull java.util.Collection<@NonNull java.lang.annotation.Annotation> annotations()
```
    Get an immutable collection containing all of the annotations that are accessible using the annotation accessor
    
    Returns:
    
    Immutable collection of annotations