Modify a class definition's annotation string parameter at runtime

Question

Imagine there is a class:

@Something(someProperty = \"some value\")
public class Foobar {
    //...
}

Which is already compiled (I cannot c

Answer 1

Annotation attribute values have to be constants - so unless you want to do some serious byte code manipulation it won't be possible. Is there a cleaner way, such as creating a wrapper class with the annotation you desire?