Multiple annotations of the same type on one element?

Question

I\'m attempting to slap two or more annotations of the same type on a single element, in this case, a method. Here\'s the approximate code that I\'m working with:

Answer 1

Apart from the other ways mentioned, there is one more less verbose way in Java8:

@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
@Repeatable(FooContainer.class)
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@interface Foo {
    String value();

}

@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@interface FooContainer {
        Foo[] value();
        }

@Foo("1") @Foo("2") @Foo("3")
class Example{

}

Example by default gets, FooContainer as an Annotation

    Arrays.stream(Example.class.getDeclaredAnnotations()).forEach(System.out::println);
    System.out.println(Example.class.getAnnotation(FooContainer.class));

Both the above print:

@com.FooContainer(value=[@com.Foo(value=1), @com.Foo(value=2), @com.Foo(value=3)])

@com.FooContainer(value=[@com.Foo(value=1), @com.Foo(value=2), @com.Foo(value=3)])