Thread: Java Reflection question

@MyAnnotation(name="someName",  value = "Hello World")
public class TheClass {
}
 
 
 
 
public @interface MyAnnotation {
	String   value();
        String   name();
}
 
 
 
import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
 
public class Test {
 
	public static void main(String[] args) {		
		Class aClass = TheClass.class;
		Annotation annotation = aClass.getAnnotation(MyAnnotation.class);		
 
		if(annotation instanceof MyAnnotation){
		    MyAnnotation myAnnotation = (MyAnnotation) annotation;
		    System.out.println("name: " + myAnnotation.name());
		    System.out.println("value: " + myAnnotation.value());
		}
	}
 
}

I'm expecting output:
name: someName
value: Hello World

but I get nothing.

--- Update ---

Removing the if loop throws NullPointerException which leads me to belive that annotation is not assigned.

--- Update ---

import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
 
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface MyAnnotation {
	String   value();
        String   name();
}

This fixed it.