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 * SonarQube, open source software quality management tool.
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package org.sonar.api.utils;

import org.apache.commons.lang.ClassUtils;

import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * A utility class for annotations
 *
 * @since 1.11
 */
public final class AnnotationUtils {

  private AnnotationUtils() {
  }

  /**
   * Searches for a class annotation. All inheritance tree is analysed.
   * 
   * @since 3.1
   */
  public static  A getAnnotation(Object objectOrClass, Class annotationClass) {
    Class initialClass = objectOrClass instanceof Class ? (Class) objectOrClass : objectOrClass.getClass();
    
    for (Class aClass = initialClass; aClass != null; aClass = aClass.getSuperclass()) {
      A result = aClass.getAnnotation(annotationClass);
      if (result != null) {
        return result;
      }
    }

    for (Class anInterface : (List>) ClassUtils.getAllInterfaces(initialClass)) {
      A result = anInterface.getAnnotation(annotationClass);
      if (result != null) {
        return result;
      }
    }

    return null;
  }

  /**
   * Searches for a class annotation. All inheritance tree is analysed.
   * 
   * @deprecated  As of 3.1, replaced by {@link #getAnnotation(Object,Class)}
   */
  @Deprecated
  public static  A getClassAnnotation(Object object, Class annotationClass) {
    return (A) getAnnotation(object, (Class) annotationClass);
  }
}