Java Method getAnnotatedReturnType() Method

The getAnnotatedReturnType() method of Method class returns an AnnotatedType object that represents the use of a type to specify the return type of the method/constructor represented by this Executable object.

Syntax

Parameter

No parameter is passed.

Returns

an object representing the return type of the method or constructor

Throws

No exception is thrown.

Example 1

  //import statement
import java.io.File;
import java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedType;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.util.Arrays;
public class ReflectMethodgetAnnotatedReturnTypeExample1  {
    public File get() {return null;}
    public static void main(String... args) throws NoSuchMethodException {
     
        Method mthd = ReflectMethodgetAnnotatedReturnTypeExample1.class.getDeclaredMethod("get");
        AnnotatedType annotatedReturnType = mthd.getAnnotatedReturnType();
        printAnnotatedType(annotatedReturnType);
    }

    private static void printAnnotatedType(AnnotatedType annotatedType) {
        System.out.println("Type: " + annotatedType.getType().getTypeName());
        System.out.println("Annotations: " +
                Arrays.toString(annotatedType.getAnnotations()));
    }
}

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Output:

Type: java.io.File
Annotations: []

Example 2

import java.lang.annotation.*; 
import java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedType; 
import java.lang.reflect.Method; 
import java.util.Arrays;
public class ReflectMethodgetAnnotatedReturnTypeExample2 { 
    @Target({ ElementType.TYPE_USE }) 
    @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) 
    private @interface customAnnotatedType { 
    } 
  
    public @customAnnotatedType String getAddress() 
    { 
        return null; 
    } 
  
    // main method 
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    { 
        try { 
           Class classobj = ReflectMethodgetAnnotatedReturnTypeExample2.class; 
            Method getAddressMethod = null; 
            Method[] methods = classobj.getMethods(); 
            for (Method mthd : methods) { 
                if (mthd.getName().equals("getAddress")) 
                    getAddressMethod = mthd; 
            } 
            AnnotatedType annotatedType = getAddressMethod 
                                              .getAnnotatedReturnType(); 
  
            System.out.println("Annotations: "
                               + Arrays.toString(annotatedType.getAnnotations())); 
        } 
        catch (Exception e) { 
            e.printStackTrace(); 
        } 
    } 
} 

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Output:

Annotations: [@ReflectMethodgetAnnotatedReturnTypeExample2$customAnnotatedType()]
Type = ConstructorgetAnotatedReceiverTypeExample2$Work

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