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+/* java.lang.reflect.Field - reflection of Java fields
+   Copyright (C) 1998, 2001, 2005, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+
+package java.lang.reflect;
+
+import gnu.java.lang.ClassHelper;
+import gnu.java.lang.CPStringBuilder;
+
+import gnu.java.lang.reflect.FieldSignatureParser;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
+
+/**
+ * The Field class represents a member variable of a class. It also allows
+ * dynamic access to a member, via reflection. This works for both
+ * static and instance fields. Operations on Field objects know how to
+ * do widening conversions, but throw {@link IllegalArgumentException} if
+ * a narrowing conversion would be necessary. You can query for information
+ * on this Field regardless of location, but get and set access may be limited
+ * by Java language access controls. If you can't do it in the compiler, you
+ * can't normally do it here either.<p>
+ *
+ * <B>Note:</B> This class returns and accepts types as Classes, even
+ * primitive types; there are Class types defined that represent each
+ * different primitive type.  They are <code>java.lang.Boolean.TYPE,
+ * java.lang.Byte.TYPE,</code>, also available as <code>boolean.class,
+ * byte.class</code>, etc.  These are not to be confused with the
+ * classes <code>java.lang.Boolean, java.lang.Byte</code>, etc., which are
+ * real classes.<p>
+ *
+ * Also note that this is not a serializable class.  It is entirely feasible
+ * to make it serializable using the Externalizable interface, but this is
+ * on Sun, not me.
+ *
+ * @author John Keiser
+ * @author Eric Blake <ebb9@email.byu.edu>
+ * @see Member
+ * @see Class
+ * @see Class#getField(String)
+ * @see Class#getDeclaredField(String)
+ * @see Class#getFields()
+ * @see Class#getDeclaredFields()
+ * @since 1.1
+ * @status updated to 1.4
+ */
+public final class Field
+extends AccessibleObject implements Member
+{
+  static final int FIELD_MODIFIERS
+    = Modifier.FINAL | Modifier.PRIVATE | Modifier.PROTECTED
+      | Modifier.PUBLIC | Modifier.STATIC | Modifier.TRANSIENT
+      | Modifier.VOLATILE;
+
+  private FieldSignatureParser p;
+
+  VMField f;
+
+  /**
+   * This class is uninstantiable outside the package.
+   */
+  Field(VMField f)
+  {
+    this.f = f;
+    f.f = this;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets the class that declared this field, or the class where this field
+   * is a non-inherited member.
+   * @return the class that declared this member
+   */
+  public Class<?> getDeclaringClass()
+  {
+    return (Class<?>) f.getDeclaringClass();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets the name of this field.
+   * @return the name of this field
+   */
+  public String getName()
+  {
+    return f.getName();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets the modifiers this field uses.  Use the <code>Modifier</code>
+   * class to interpret the values.  A field can only have a subset of the
+   * following modifiers: public, private, protected, static, final,
+   * transient, and volatile.
+   *
+   * @return an integer representing the modifiers to this Member
+   * @see Modifier
+   */
+  public int getModifiers()
+  {
+    return f.getModifiersInternal() & FIELD_MODIFIERS;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return true if this field is synthetic, false otherwise.
+   * @since 1.5
+   */
+  public boolean isSynthetic()
+  {
+    return (f.getModifiersInternal() & Modifier.SYNTHETIC) != 0;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return true if this field represents an enum constant,
+   * false otherwise.
+   * @since 1.5
+   */
+  public boolean isEnumConstant()
+  {
+    return (f.getModifiersInternal() & Modifier.ENUM) != 0;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets the type of this field.
+   * @return the type of this field
+   */
+  public Class<?> getType()
+  {
+    return f.getType();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Compare two objects to see if they are semantically equivalent.
+   * Two Fields are semantically equivalent if they have the same declaring
+   * class, name, and type. Since you can't creat a Field except through
+   * the VM, this is just the == relation.
+   *
+   * @param o the object to compare to
+   * @return <code>true</code> if they are equal; <code>false</code> if not
+   */
+  public boolean equals(Object o)
+  {
+    return f.equals(o);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the hash code for the Field. The Field hash code is the hash code
+   * of its name XOR'd with the hash code of its class name.
+   *
+   * @return the hash code for the object.
+   */
+  public int hashCode()
+  {
+    return f.getDeclaringClass().getName().hashCode() ^ f.getName().hashCode();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get a String representation of the Field. A Field's String
+   * representation is "&lt;modifiers&gt; &lt;type&gt;
+   * &lt;class&gt;.&lt;fieldname&gt;".<br> Example:
+   * <code>public transient boolean gnu.parse.Parser.parseComplete</code>
+   *
+   * @return the String representation of the Field
+   */
+  public String toString()
+  {
+    // 64 is a reasonable buffer initial size for field
+    CPStringBuilder sb = new CPStringBuilder(64);
+    Modifier.toString(getModifiers(), sb).append(' ');
+    sb.append(ClassHelper.getUserName(getType())).append(' ');
+    sb.append(getDeclaringClass().getName()).append('.');
+    sb.append(getName());
+    return sb.toString();
+  }
+
+  public String toGenericString()
+  {
+    CPStringBuilder sb = new CPStringBuilder(64);
+    Modifier.toString(getModifiers(), sb).append(' ');
+    sb.append(getGenericType()).append(' ');
+    sb.append(getDeclaringClass().getName()).append('.');
+    sb.append(getName());
+    return sb.toString();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the value of this Field.  If it is primitive, it will be wrapped
+   * in the appropriate wrapper type (boolean = java.lang.Boolean).<p>
+   *
+   * If the field is static, <code>o</code> will be ignored. Otherwise, if
+   * <code>o</code> is null, you get a <code>NullPointerException</code>,
+   * and if it is incompatible with the declaring class of the field, you
+   * get an <code>IllegalArgumentException</code>.<p>
+   *
+   * Next, if this Field enforces access control, your runtime context is
+   * evaluated, and you may have an <code>IllegalAccessException</code> if
+   * you could not access this field in similar compiled code. If the field
+   * is static, and its class is uninitialized, you trigger class
+   * initialization, which may end in a
+   * <code>ExceptionInInitializerError</code>.<p>
+   *
+   * Finally, the field is accessed, and primitives are wrapped (but not
+   * necessarily in new objects). This method accesses the field of the
+   * declaring class, even if the instance passed in belongs to a subclass
+   * which declares another field to hide this one.
+   *
+   * @param o the object to get the value of this Field from
+   * @return the value of the Field
+   * @throws IllegalAccessException if you could not normally access this field
+   *         (i.e. it is not public)
+   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if <code>o</code> is not an instance of
+   *         the class or interface declaring this field
+   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>o</code> is null and this field
+   *         requires an instance
+   * @throws ExceptionInInitializerError if accessing a static field triggered
+   *         class initialization, which then failed
+   * @see #getBoolean(Object)
+   * @see #getByte(Object)
+   * @see #getChar(Object)
+   * @see #getShort(Object)
+   * @see #getInt(Object)
+   * @see #getLong(Object)
+   * @see #getFloat(Object)
+   * @see #getDouble(Object)
+   */
+  public Object get(Object o)
+    throws IllegalAccessException
+  {
+    return f.get(o);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the value of this boolean Field. If the field is static,
+   * <code>o</code> will be ignored.
+   *
+   * @param o the object to get the value of this Field from
+   * @return the value of the Field
+   * @throws IllegalAccessException if you could not normally access this field
+   *         (i.e. it is not public)
+   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if this is not a boolean field of
+   *         <code>o</code>, or if <code>o</code> is not an instance of the
+   *         declaring class of this field
+   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>o</code> is null and this field
+   *         requires an instance
+   * @throws ExceptionInInitializerError if accessing a static field triggered
+   *         class initialization, which then failed
+   * @see #get(Object)
+   */
+  public boolean getBoolean(Object o)
+    throws IllegalAccessException
+  {
+    return f.getBoolean(o);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the value of this byte Field. If the field is static,
+   * <code>o</code> will be ignored.
+   *
+   * @param o the object to get the value of this Field from
+   * @return the value of the Field
+   * @throws IllegalAccessException if you could not normally access this field
+   *         (i.e. it is not public)
+   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if this is not a byte field of
+   *         <code>o</code>, or if <code>o</code> is not an instance of the
+   *         declaring class of this field
+   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>o</code> is null and this field
+   *         requires an instance
+   * @throws ExceptionInInitializerError if accessing a static field triggered
+   *         class initialization, which then failed
+   * @see #get(Object)
+   */
+  public byte getByte(Object o)
+    throws IllegalAccessException
+  {
+    return f.getByte(o);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the value of this Field as a char. If the field is static,
+   * <code>o</code> will be ignored.
+   *
+   * @throws IllegalAccessException if you could not normally access this field
+   *         (i.e. it is not public)
+   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if this is not a char field of
+   *         <code>o</code>, or if <code>o</code> is not an instance
+   *         of the declaring class of this field
+   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>o</code> is null and this field
+   *         requires an instance
+   * @throws ExceptionInInitializerError if accessing a static field triggered
+   *         class initialization, which then failed
+   * @see #get(Object)
+   */
+  public char getChar(Object o)
+    throws IllegalAccessException
+  {
+    return f.getChar(o);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the value of this Field as a short. If the field is static,
+   * <code>o</code> will be ignored.
+   *
+   * @param o the object to get the value of this Field from
+   * @return the value of the Field
+   * @throws IllegalAccessException if you could not normally access this field
+   *         (i.e. it is not public)
+   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if this is not a byte or short
+   *         field of <code>o</code>, or if <code>o</code> is not an instance
+   *         of the declaring class of this field
+   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>o</code> is null and this field
+   *         requires an instance
+   * @throws ExceptionInInitializerError if accessing a static field triggered
+   *         class initialization, which then failed
+   * @see #get(Object)
+   */
+  public short getShort(Object o)
+    throws IllegalAccessException
+  {
+    return f.getShort(o);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the value of this Field as an int. If the field is static,
+   * <code>o</code> will be ignored.
+   *
+   * @param o the object to get the value of this Field from
+   * @return the value of the Field
+   * @throws IllegalAccessException if you could not normally access this field
+   *         (i.e. it is not public)
+   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if this is not a byte, short, char, or
+   *         int field of <code>o</code>, or if <code>o</code> is not an
+   *         instance of the declaring class of this field
+   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>o</code> is null and this field
+   *         requires an instance
+   * @throws ExceptionInInitializerError if accessing a static field triggered
+   *         class initialization, which then failed
+   * @see #get(Object)
+   */
+  public int getInt(Object o)
+    throws IllegalAccessException
+  {
+    return f.getInt(o);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the value of this Field as a long. If the field is static,
+   * <code>o</code> will be ignored.
+   *
+   * @param o the object to get the value of this Field from
+   * @return the value of the Field
+   * @throws IllegalAccessException if you could not normally access this field
+   *         (i.e. it is not public)
+   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if this is not a byte, short, char, int,
+   *         or long field of <code>o</code>, or if <code>o</code> is not an
+   *         instance of the declaring class of this field
+   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>o</code> is null and this field
+   *         requires an instance
+   * @throws ExceptionInInitializerError if accessing a static field triggered
+   *         class initialization, which then failed
+   * @see #get(Object)
+   */
+  public long getLong(Object o)
+    throws IllegalAccessException
+  {
+    return f.getLong(o);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the value of this Field as a float. If the field is static,
+   * <code>o</code> will be ignored.
+   *
+   * @param o the object to get the value of this Field from
+   * @return the value of the Field
+   * @throws IllegalAccessException if you could not normally access this field
+   *         (i.e. it is not public)
+   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if this is not a byte, short, char, int,
+   *         long, or float field of <code>o</code>, or if <code>o</code> is
+   *         not an instance of the declaring class of this field
+   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>o</code> is null and this field
+   *         requires an instance
+   * @throws ExceptionInInitializerError if accessing a static field triggered
+   *         class initialization, which then failed
+   * @see #get(Object)
+   */
+  public float getFloat(Object o)
+    throws IllegalAccessException
+  {
+    return f.getFloat(o);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the value of this Field as a double. If the field is static,
+   * <code>o</code> will be ignored.
+   *
+   * @param o the object to get the value of this Field from
+   * @return the value of the Field
+   * @throws IllegalAccessException if you could not normally access this field
+   *         (i.e. it is not public)
+   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if this is not a byte, short, char, int,
+   *         long, float, or double field of <code>o</code>, or if
+   *         <code>o</code> is not an instance of the declaring class of this
+   *         field
+   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>o</code> is null and this field
+   *         requires an instance
+   * @throws ExceptionInInitializerError if accessing a static field triggered
+   *         class initialization, which then failed
+   * @see #get(Object)
+   */
+  public double getDouble(Object o)
+    throws IllegalAccessException
+  {
+    return f.getDouble(o);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set the value of this Field.  If it is a primitive field, the value
+   * will be unwrapped from the passed object (boolean = java.lang.Boolean).<p>
+   *
+   * If the field is static, <code>o</code> will be ignored. Otherwise, if
+   * <code>o</code> is null, you get a <code>NullPointerException</code>,
+   * and if it is incompatible with the declaring class of the field, you
+   * get an <code>IllegalArgumentException</code>.<p>
+   *
+   * Next, if this Field enforces access control, your runtime context is
+   * evaluated, and you may have an <code>IllegalAccessException</code> if
+   * you could not access this field in similar compiled code. This also
+   * occurs whether or not there is access control if the field is final.
+   * If the field is primitive, and unwrapping your argument fails, you will
+   * get an <code>IllegalArgumentException</code>; likewise, this error
+   * happens if <code>value</code> cannot be cast to the correct object type.
+   * If the field is static, and its class is uninitialized, you trigger class
+   * initialization, which may end in a
+   * <code>ExceptionInInitializerError</code>.<p>
+   *
+   * Finally, the field is set with the widened value. This method accesses
+   * the field of the declaring class, even if the instance passed in belongs
+   * to a subclass which declares another field to hide this one.
+   *
+   * @param o the object to set this Field on
+   * @param value the value to set this Field to
+   * @throws IllegalAccessException if you could not normally access this field
+   *         (i.e. it is not public)
+   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if <code>value</code> cannot be
+   *         converted by a widening conversion to the underlying type of
+   *         the Field, or if <code>o</code> is not an instance of the class
+   *         declaring this field
+   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>o</code> is null and this field
+   *         requires an instance
+   * @throws ExceptionInInitializerError if accessing a static field triggered
+   *         class initialization, which then failed
+   * @see #setBoolean(Object, boolean)
+   * @see #setByte(Object, byte)
+   * @see #setChar(Object, char)
+   * @see #setShort(Object, short)
+   * @see #setInt(Object, int)
+   * @see #setLong(Object, long)
+   * @see #setFloat(Object, float)
+   * @see #setDouble(Object, double)
+   */
+  public void set(Object o, Object value)
+    throws IllegalAccessException
+  {
+    f.set(o, value);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set this boolean Field. If the field is static, <code>o</code> will be
+   * ignored.
+   *
+   * @param o the object to set this Field on
+   * @param value the value to set this Field to
+   * @throws IllegalAccessException if you could not normally access this field
+   *         (i.e. it is not public)
+   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if this is not a boolean field, or if
+   *         <code>o</code> is not an instance of the class declaring this
+   *         field
+   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>o</code> is null and this field
+   *         requires an instance
+   * @throws ExceptionInInitializerError if accessing a static field triggered
+   *         class initialization, which then failed
+   * @see #set(Object, Object)
+   */
+  public void setBoolean(Object o, boolean value)
+    throws IllegalAccessException
+  {
+    f.setBoolean(o, value);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set this byte Field. If the field is static, <code>o</code> will be
+   * ignored.
+   *
+   * @param o the object to set this Field on
+   * @param value the value to set this Field to
+   * @throws IllegalAccessException if you could not normally access this field
+   *         (i.e. it is not public)
+   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if this is not a byte, short, int, long,
+   *         float, or double field, or if <code>o</code> is not an instance
+   *         of the class declaring this field
+   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>o</code> is null and this field
+   *         requires an instance
+   * @throws ExceptionInInitializerError if accessing a static field triggered
+   *         class initialization, which then failed
+   * @see #set(Object, Object)
+   */
+  public void setByte(Object o, byte value)
+    throws IllegalAccessException
+  {
+    f.setByte(o, value);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set this char Field. If the field is static, <code>o</code> will be
+   * ignored.
+   *
+   * @param o the object to set this Field on
+   * @param value the value to set this Field to
+   * @throws IllegalAccessException if you could not normally access this field
+   *         (i.e. it is not public)
+   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if this is not a char, int, long,
+   *         float, or double field, or if <code>o</code> is not an instance
+   *         of the class declaring this field
+   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>o</code> is null and this field
+   *         requires an instance
+   * @throws ExceptionInInitializerError if accessing a static field triggered
+   *         class initialization, which then failed
+   * @see #set(Object, Object)
+   */
+  public void setChar(Object o, char value)
+    throws IllegalAccessException
+  {
+    f.setChar(o, value);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set this short Field. If the field is static, <code>o</code> will be
+   * ignored.
+   *
+   * @param o the object to set this Field on
+   * @param value the value to set this Field to
+   * @throws IllegalAccessException if you could not normally access this field
+   *         (i.e. it is not public)
+   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if this is not a short, int, long,
+   *         float, or double field, or if <code>o</code> is not an instance
+   *         of the class declaring this field
+   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>o</code> is null and this field
+   *         requires an instance
+   * @throws ExceptionInInitializerError if accessing a static field triggered
+   *         class initialization, which then failed
+   * @see #set(Object, Object)
+   */
+  public void setShort(Object o, short value)
+    throws IllegalAccessException
+  {
+    f.setShort(o, value);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set this int Field. If the field is static, <code>o</code> will be
+   * ignored.
+   *
+   * @param o the object to set this Field on
+   * @param value the value to set this Field to
+   * @throws IllegalAccessException if you could not normally access this field
+   *         (i.e. it is not public)
+   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if this is not an int, long, float, or
+   *         double field, or if <code>o</code> is not an instance of the
+   *         class declaring this field
+   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>o</code> is null and this field
+   *         requires an instance
+   * @throws ExceptionInInitializerError if accessing a static field triggered
+   *         class initialization, which then failed
+   * @see #set(Object, Object)
+   */
+  public void setInt(Object o, int value)
+    throws IllegalAccessException
+  {
+    f.setInt(o, value);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set this long Field. If the field is static, <code>o</code> will be
+   * ignored.
+   *
+   * @param o the object to set this Field on
+   * @param value the value to set this Field to
+   * @throws IllegalAccessException if you could not normally access this field
+   *         (i.e. it is not public)
+   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if this is not a long, float, or double
+   *         field, or if <code>o</code> is not an instance of the class
+   *         declaring this field
+   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>o</code> is null and this field
+   *         requires an instance
+   * @throws ExceptionInInitializerError if accessing a static field triggered
+   *         class initialization, which then failed
+   * @see #set(Object, Object)
+   */
+  public void setLong(Object o, long value)
+    throws IllegalAccessException
+  {
+    f.setLong(o, value);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set this float Field. If the field is static, <code>o</code> will be
+   * ignored.
+   *
+   * @param o the object to set this Field on
+   * @param value the value to set this Field to
+   * @throws IllegalAccessException if you could not normally access this field
+   *         (i.e. it is not public)
+   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if this is not a float or long field, or
+   *         if <code>o</code> is not an instance of the class declaring this
+   *         field
+   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>o</code> is null and this field
+   *         requires an instance
+   * @throws ExceptionInInitializerError if accessing a static field triggered
+   *         class initialization, which then failed
+   * @see #set(Object, Object)
+   */
+  public void setFloat(Object o, float value)
+    throws IllegalAccessException
+  {
+    f.setFloat(o, value);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set this double Field. If the field is static, <code>o</code> will be
+   * ignored.
+   *
+   * @param o the object to set this Field on
+   * @param value the value to set this Field to
+   * @throws IllegalAccessException if you could not normally access this field
+   *         (i.e. it is not public)
+   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if this is not a double field, or if
+   *         <code>o</code> is not an instance of the class declaring this
+   *         field
+   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>o</code> is null and this field
+   *         requires an instance
+   * @throws ExceptionInInitializerError if accessing a static field triggered
+   *         class initialization, which then failed
+   * @see #set(Object, Object)
+   */
+  public void setDouble(Object o, double value)
+    throws IllegalAccessException
+  {
+    f.setDouble(o, value);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return the generic type of the field. If the field type is not a generic
+   * type, the method returns the same as <code>getType()</code>.
+   *
+   * @throws GenericSignatureFormatError if the generic signature does
+   *         not conform to the format specified in the Virtual Machine
+   *         specification, version 3.
+   * @since 1.5
+   */
+  public Type getGenericType()
+  {
+    if (p == null)
+      {
+        String signature = f.getSignature();
+        if (signature == null)
+          return getType();
+        p = new FieldSignatureParser(getDeclaringClass(),
+                                     signature);
+      }
+    return p.getFieldType();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the element's annotation for the specified annotation type,
+   * or <code>null</code> if no such annotation exists.
+   *
+   * @param annotationClass the type of annotation to look for.
+   * @return this element's annotation for the specified type, or
+   *         <code>null</code> if no such annotation exists.
+   * @throws NullPointerException if the annotation class is <code>null</code>.
+   */
+  public <T extends Annotation> T getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass)
+  {
+    // Inescapable as the VM layer is 1.4 based. T will erase to Annotation anyway.
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") T ann = (T) f.getAnnotation(annotationClass);
+    return ann;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns all annotations directly defined by the element.  If there are
+   * no annotations directly associated with the element, then a zero-length
+   * array will be returned.  The returned array may be modified by the client
+   * code, but this will have no effect on the annotation content of this
+   * class, and hence no effect on the return value of this method for
+   * future callers.
+   *
+   * @return the annotations directly defined by the element.
+   * @since 1.5
+   */
+  public Annotation[] getDeclaredAnnotations()
+  {
+    return f.getDeclaredAnnotations();
+  }
+
+}