/**
* Returns true if the specified binding is of an annotation that has a runtime retention policy.
*/
public static boolean isRuntimeAnnotation(ITypeBinding binding) {
if (binding != null && binding.isAnnotation()) {
for (IAnnotationBinding ann : binding.getAnnotations()) {
if (ann.getName().equals("Retention")) {
IVariableBinding retentionBinding =
(IVariableBinding) ann.getDeclaredMemberValuePairs()[0].getValue();
return retentionBinding.getName().equals(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME.name());
}
}
if (binding.isNested()) {
return BindingUtil.isRuntimeAnnotation(binding.getDeclaringClass());
}
}
return false;
}
public boolean hasRuntimeRetention() {
Map<String, ? extends AnnotationMirror> types =
getHelper().getAnnotationsByType(getElement().getAnnotationMirrors());
AnnotationMirror retention = types.get(Retention.class.getCanonicalName());
if (retention == null) {
handleNoRetention();
return false;
}
AnnotationParser parser = AnnotationParser.create(getHelper());
parser.expectEnumConstant(
AnnotationUtil.VALUE,
getHelper().resolveType(RetentionPolicy.class.getCanonicalName()),
null);
String retentionPolicy = parser.parse(retention).get(AnnotationUtil.VALUE, String.class);
return RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME.toString().equals(retentionPolicy);
}