Unable to find class annotation

Question

Why does this code print 0?

@Table(name = "source")
public class SourceDetails implements DatabaseEntity{

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(SourceDetails.class.getAnnotations().length);
    }
...
}

Answer 1

Because you didn't set the retention of the annotation to runtime.

@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@interface Table{
  String name();

  int intValue();
}