Package org.springframework.core.annotation
Core support package for annotations, meta-annotations, and composed annotations with attribute overrides.
Interface Summary Interface Description SynthesizedAnnotation Marker interface implemented by synthesized annotation proxies.Class Summary Class Description AnnotatedElementUtils General utility methods for finding annotations, meta-annotations, and repeatable annotations onAnnotatedElements.AnnotationAttributes LinkedHashMapsubclass representing annotation attribute key-value pairs as read byAnnotationUtils,AnnotatedElementUtils, and Spring's reflection- and ASM-basedAnnotationMetadataimplementations.AnnotationAwareOrderComparator AnnotationAwareOrderComparatoris an extension ofOrderComparatorthat supports Spring'sOrderedinterface as well as the@Orderand@Priorityannotations, with an order value provided by anOrderedinstance overriding a statically defined annotation value (if any).AnnotationUtils General utility methods for working with annotations, handling meta-annotations, bridge methods (which the compiler generates for generic declarations) as well as super methods (for optional annotation inheritance).OrderUtils General utility for determining the order of an object based on its type declaration.SynthesizingMethodParameter AMethodParametervariant which synthesizes annotations that declare attribute aliases via@AliasFor.Exception Summary Exception Description AnnotationConfigurationException Thrown byAnnotationUtilsand synthesized annotations if an annotation is improperly configured.