`Elements.getAllAnnotationMirrors` clarification?

[Chen Liang]

Hi Josiah,
I think annotation inheritance only applies to superclasses and nothing else, not even superinterfaces  - and inherited annotations must have their interfaces annotated @Inherited. This is according to the documentation on the @Inherited annotation interface.

Regards, Chen
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Subject: `Elements.getAllAnnotationMirrors` clarification?

Hey team,

Reading the Javadoc for Elements.getAllAnnotationMirrors, I got the impression that this method should include mirrors from super methods when given an executable element or mirrors from super classes when given a type element. Is this not the case?

I was trying both of these, but the result didn't appear to be any different than Element. getAnnotationMirrors(). In what situation does Elements.getAllAnnotationMirrors give a different result?

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Cheers, Josiah.
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