Accessing type annotations via annotation processor

[Gunnar Morling]

Hi,

I'm looking for a way to obtain annotations given on type uses using a JSR
269 annotation processor.

E.g. I'd like to obtain the @NotNull annotation from the following field
declaration:

    ...
    private List<@NotNull String> values;

Based on a post of Joe [1] I assumed this to be possible, but a discussion
on this list now makes me believe this cannot be done as of Java 8. Is this
true? If so, will this be the case in SE 9?

On a tangent, Joe referenced a diff of the JavaDocs of two versions of the
JSR 269 API, containing nicely colored mark-up highlighting the changes.
What's the tool used for creating this diff?

Thanks,

--Gunnar

[1] https://blogs.oracle.com/darcy/entry/jsr_269_mr_for_java
[2] http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/compiler-dev/2014-May/008756.html
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