java.lang.Object
- org.springframework.core.type.filter.AbstractTypeHierarchyTraversingFilter
- - org.springframework.core.type.filter.AnnotationTypeFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:
TypeFilter
```
public class AnnotationTypeFilter
extends AbstractTypeHierarchyTraversingFilter
```
A simple filter which matches classes with a given annotation, checking inherited annotations as well.
The matching logic mirrors that of Class.isAnnotationPresent(Class).
Since:
2.5
Author:
Mark Fisher, Ramnivas Laddad, Juergen Hoeller

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from class org.springframework.core.type.filter.AbstractTypeHierarchyTraversingFilter
  logger

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`AnnotationTypeFilter(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType)`	Create a new AnnotationTypeFilter for the given annotation type.
`AnnotationTypeFilter(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType, boolean considerMetaAnnotations)`	Create a new AnnotationTypeFilter for the given annotation type.
`AnnotationTypeFilter(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType, boolean considerMetaAnnotations, boolean considerInterfaces)`	Create a new `AnnotationTypeFilter` for the given annotation type.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`protected Boolean`	`hasAnnotation(String typeName)`
`protected Boolean`	`matchInterface(String interfaceName)`	Override this to match on interface type name.
`protected boolean`	`matchSelf(MetadataReader metadataReader)`	Override this to match self characteristics alone.
`protected Boolean`	`matchSuperClass(String superClassName)`	Override this to match on super type name.

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.core.type.filter.AbstractTypeHierarchyTraversingFilter
match, matchClassName

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - AnnotationTypeFilter
```
public AnnotationTypeFilter(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType)
```
    Create a new AnnotationTypeFilter for the given annotation type. This filter will also match meta-annotations. To disable the meta-annotation matching, use the constructor that accepts a 'considerMetaAnnotations' argument. The filter will not match interfaces.
    Parameters:
    annotationType - the annotation type to match
  - AnnotationTypeFilter
```
public AnnotationTypeFilter(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType,
                            boolean considerMetaAnnotations)
```
    Create a new AnnotationTypeFilter for the given annotation type. The filter will not match interfaces.
    Parameters:
    annotationType - the annotation type to match
    considerMetaAnnotations - whether to also match on meta-annotations
  - AnnotationTypeFilter
```
public AnnotationTypeFilter(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType,
                            boolean considerMetaAnnotations,
                            boolean considerInterfaces)
```
    Create a new AnnotationTypeFilter for the given annotation type.
    Parameters:
    annotationType - the annotation type to match
    considerMetaAnnotations - whether to also match on meta-annotations
    considerInterfaces - whether to also match interfaces
- Method Detail
  - matchSelf
```
protected boolean matchSelf(MetadataReader metadataReader)
```
    Description copied from class: AbstractTypeHierarchyTraversingFilter
    Override this to match self characteristics alone. Typically, the implementation will use a visitor to extract information to perform matching.
    Overrides:
    matchSelf in class AbstractTypeHierarchyTraversingFilter
  - matchSuperClass
```
protected Boolean matchSuperClass(String superClassName)
```
    Description copied from class: AbstractTypeHierarchyTraversingFilter
    Override this to match on super type name.
    Overrides:
    matchSuperClass in class AbstractTypeHierarchyTraversingFilter
  - matchInterface
```
protected Boolean matchInterface(String interfaceName)
```
    Description copied from class: AbstractTypeHierarchyTraversingFilter
    Override this to match on interface type name.
    Overrides:
    matchInterface in class AbstractTypeHierarchyTraversingFilter
  - hasAnnotation
```
protected Boolean hasAnnotation(String typeName)
```

Class AnnotationTypeFilter

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.springframework.core.type.filter.AbstractTypeHierarchyTraversingFilter

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.core.type.filter.AbstractTypeHierarchyTraversingFilter

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Constructor Detail

AnnotationTypeFilter

AnnotationTypeFilter

AnnotationTypeFilter

Method Detail

matchSelf

matchSuperClass

matchInterface

hasAnnotation