[SOLVED] Check Annotations of Methods using eclipse JDT library

Check Annotations of Methods using eclipse JDT library

I am building a prototype of a static analysis tool, for which I intend to use eclipse to do the heavy lifting. How can I check what annotations are applied on a method when I visit the declaration using the ASTVisitor. I am interested in only certain methods of the class under analysis, and I am thinking of marking them using annotations

Solution

Try ASTView plugin (http://www.eclipse.org/jdt/ui/astview/index.php), this helps to visualize the AST of a source file and also helps to figure out which nodes to visit.

You would probably want to override the following in ASTVisitor

visit(MarkerAnnotation annotation)
visit(SingleMemberAnnotation annotation)
visit(NormalAnnotation annotation)

Or you may visit only method declarations and get the annotations via MethodDeclaration.MODIFIERS2_PROPERTY.