src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/AnnotatedType.java

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   * questions.
   */
  
  package java.lang.reflect;
  
+ import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
+ 
  /**
   * {@code AnnotatedType} represents the potentially annotated use of a type in
   * the program currently running in this VM. The use may be of any type in the
   * Java programming language, including an array type, a parameterized type, a
   * type variable, or a wildcard type.
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       * Returns the underlying type that this annotated type represents.
       *
       * @return the type this annotated type represents
       */
      public Type getType();
+ 
+     /**
+      * {@inheritDoc}
+      * <p>Note that any annotation returned by this method is a type
+      * annotation.
+      *
+      * @throws NullPointerException {@inheritDoc}
+      * @since 1.8
+      */
+     @Override
+     <T extends Annotation> T getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass);
+ 
  }