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

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
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 AnnotationAccessor @NonNull ... accessors)`	Get a `AnnotationAccessor` instance that delegates to multiple `AnnotatedElement` instances.
`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
  - of
```
static @NonNull AnnotationAccessor of(@NonNull AnnotationAccessor @NonNull ... accessors)
```
    Get a AnnotationAccessor instance that delegates to multiple AnnotatedElement instances. The first accessor that provides a requested annotation will always be used
    
    Parameters:
    
    accessors - The accessor to delegate to
    
    Returns:
    
    Annotation accessor that delegates to the given accessors (using their natural ordering)
    
    Since:
    
    1.4.0
  - 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

Interface AnnotationAccessor

Nested Class Summary

Method Summary

Method Detail

empty

of

of

annotation

annotations