private static void inheritAnnotations(final CtClass theClass, final CtMethod theMethod) throws NotFoundException { if (hasMethod(theClass, theMethod)) { CtMethod aOtherMethod = theClass.getMethod(theMethod.getName(), theMethod.getSignature()); // method we're probably overriding or implementing in the case of an abstract method. AnnotationsAttribute annotationsAttribute = (AnnotationsAttribute) aOtherMethod.getMethodInfo().getAttribute(AnnotationsAttribute.visibleTag); if (annotationsAttribute != null) { ConstPool cp = theClass.getClassFile().getConstPool(); AnnotationsAttribute attr = new AnnotationsAttribute(cp, AnnotationsAttribute.visibleTag); for (Object obj : annotationsAttribute.getAnnotations()) { Annotation a = (Annotation) obj; Annotation theAnnotation = new Annotation(a.getTypeName(), cp); if (a.getMemberNames() != null) { for (Object aName : a.getMemberNames()) { theAnnotation.addMemberValue(aName.toString(), a.getMemberValue(aName.toString())); } } attr.setAnnotation(theAnnotation); } theMethod.getMethodInfo().addAttribute(attr); } } }