AnnotationResolver (Apache Shiro :: Core 1.7.1 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultAnnotationResolver
```
public interface AnnotationResolver
```
Defines an AOP-framework-independent way of determining if an Annotation exists on a Method.

Since:

1.1

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
	`getAnnotation(MethodInvocation mi, <? extends > clazz)`	Returns an instance of the specified type based on the given `MethodInvocation` argument, or `null` if no annotation of that type could be found.

- Method Detail
  - getAnnotation
```
 getAnnotation(MethodInvocation mi,
                         <? extends > clazz)
```
    Returns an instance of the specified type based on the given MethodInvocation argument, or null if no annotation of that type could be found. First checks the invoked method itself and if not found, then the class for the existence of the same annotation.
    
    Parameters:
    
    mi - the intercepted method to be invoked.
    
    clazz - the annotation class of the annotation to find.
    
    Returns:
    
    the method's annotation of the specified type or null if no annotation of that type could be found.