Returns an array (EXTENT) of annotation instances directly associated with the reflected element. Each instance represents a specific annotation, inherits from Progress.Lang.Annotation, and provides read‑only access to the annotation’s property values stored in r‑code. Because the returned array is typed as Progress.Lang.Annotation, you can cast individual elements to their user‑defined annotation classes when you need to access concrete annotation properties. The instances are created by the runtime when accessed through reflection.

GetAnnotations() returns only the annotations that are directly associated with the reflected element. If you want to include annotations for the corresponding element found in the inheritance hierarchy, use the overloaded form that accepts searchInherited. When searchInherited is TRUE, the method searches for the element in the hierarchy and includes all annotations found for the versions of that element in the hierarchy. Otherwise it follows the default behavior of returning only annotations on the actual element being reflected on. Constructors are not inherited, so searchInherited has no effect when reflecting on a constructor. If there are no annotations, an indeterminate array is returned.

Return type: Progress.Lang.Annotation class EXTENT

Access: Read-only

Applies to: Progress.Lang.Class class, Progress.Reflect.Constructor class, Progress.Reflect.Event class, Progress.Reflect.Method class, Progress.Reflect.Property class, Progress.Reflect.Variable class

Syntax

GetAnnotations ( )
 
GetAnnotations ( searchInherited )
 
GetAnnotations ( annotationType, searchInherited )
searchInherited
A LOGICAL value that specifies whether to search for the element in the class hierarchy and include annotations found for the versions of the element in the hierarchy.
annotationType
A Progress.Lang.Class that identifies the annotation class to retrieve. Use this overloaded form to return only annotations of the specified annotation type.

See also

ANNOTATION statement, [ ] Strongly typed annotation, Progress.Lang.Annotation class, GetAnnotation( ) method, HasAnnotation( ) method