Accessing source code from Java Annotation Processor

Question

I am trying to access the actual original source code of a type from within a Java Annotation Processor. Is this possible somehow? Thanks!

Answer 1

Quick answer is that it's not possible.

From the Mirror API JavaDoc used in Annotation Processing in Sun's SDK 5:

The Mirror API is used to model the semantic structure of a program. It provides representations of the entities declared in a program, such as classes, methods, and fields. Constructs below the method level, such as individual statements and expressions, are not represented.

Java 6 Annotation Processing is based on a new API, but it still doesn't provide any more detail about the code structure.