Method Level Custom annotation java example

Create custom annotaion class

package com.arvind;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

@Target(ElementType.METHOD)
@Retention(value=RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface CustomAnnotation {
 String[] customValues();
}

Create Test class for testing

package com.arvind;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;

public class Test {

@CustomAnnotation(customValues = { "First Value", "Second Value" })
 public void testing() {

 }

 public static void main(String[] args) {

  Class clazz = Test.class;
  Method[] methods = clazz.getMethods();

  for (Method method : methods) {
     if ("testing".equals(method.getName())) {
        if (method.isAnnotationPresent(CustomAnnotation.class)) {
            CustomAnnotation ca = method.getAnnotation(CustomAnnotation.class);
            if (ca != null){
              for (String value : ca.customValues()) {
                  System.out.println(value);
              }
           }
       }
    }
  }
 }

}

Output will be

First Value
Second Value