001    /*
002     * Sonar, open source software quality management tool.
003     * Copyright (C) 2009 SonarSource SA
004     * mailto:contact AT sonarsource DOT com
005     *
006     * Sonar is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
007     * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
008     * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
009     * version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
010     *
011     * Sonar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
012     * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
013     * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
014     * Lesser General Public License for more details.
015     *
016     * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
017     * License along with Sonar; if not, write to the Free Software
018     * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02
019     */
020    package org.sonar.api.utils;
021    
022    import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
023    
024    /**
025     * A utility class for annotations
026     * @since 1.11
027     */
028    public final class AnnotationUtils {
029    
030      private AnnotationUtils() {
031      }
032    
033      /**
034       * Searches for a class annotation. All inheritance tree is analysed.
035       */
036      public static <A> A getClassAnnotation(final Object object, final Class<A> annotationClass) {
037        Class aClass = object.getClass();
038        while (aClass != null) {
039          Annotation annotation = aClass.getAnnotation(annotationClass);
040          if (annotation != null) {
041            return (A) annotation;
042          }
043          aClass = aClass.getSuperclass();
044        }
045        return null;
046      }
047    }