A simpler model for repeating annotations

[Alex Buckley]

On 1/7/2013 10:55 AM, Alex Buckley wrote:
> With regard to names, an advantage of getAnnotationsWithMultiples(Class)
> is that it will appear after the legacy methods, which I think is better
> than appearing first like getAllAnnotations(Class). Stay tuned.

I give you: getAnnotationsByType(Class)

- Reminiscent of getAnnotations(Class), but not an overload.
- Avoids contentious phrases like "all", "repeated", and "container".
- Lexicographically convenient:

getAnnotation(Class)         getDeclaredAnnotation(Class)
getAnnotations()             getDeclaredAnnotations()
getAnnotationsByType(Class)  getDeclaredAnnotationsByType(Class)

Alex