转载自我在知乎的回答，https://www.zhihu.com/question/24401191/answer/37601385
$ java -version
java version "1.8.0_20"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_20-b26)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.20-b23, mixed mode)
java中的注解是一种继承自接口java.lang.annotation.Annotation的特殊接口。参见下面的JLS和JDK文档。
An annotation type declaration specifies a new annotation type,
a special kind of interface type. To distinguish an annotation
type declaration from a normal interface declaration, the keyword
interface is preceded by an at-sign (@).
...
The direct superinterface of every annotation type is java.lang.annotation.Annotation.
/**
* The common interface extended by all annotation types. Note that an
* interface that manually extends this one does <i>not</i> define
* an annotation type. Also note that this interface does not itself
* define an annotation type.
*
* More information about annotation types can be found in section 9.6 of
* <cite>The Java™ Language Specification</cite>.
*
* The {@link java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement} interface discusses
* compatibility concerns when evolving an annotation type from being
* non-repeatable to being repeatable.
*
* @author Josh Bloch
* @since 1.5
*/
public interface Annotation {
...
}
下面看一下具体示例。
定义一个注解：
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
/**
* Created by Administrator on 2015/1/18.
*/
@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface TestAnnotation {
int count() default 1;
}
经过编译之后，注解TestAnnotation的字节码是这样的：
Classfile /e:/workspace/intellij/SpringTest/target/classes/TestAnnotation.class
Last modified 2015-1-18; size 379 bytes
MD5 checksum 200dc3a75216b7a88ae17873d5dffd4f
Compiled from "TestAnnotation.java"
public interface TestAnnotation extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation
minor version: 0
major version: 52
flags: ACC_PUBLIC, ACC_INTERFACE, ACC_ABSTRACT, ACC_ANNOTATION
Constant pool:
#1 = Class #14 // TestAnnotation
#2 = Class #15 // java/lang/Object
#3 = Class #16 // java/lang/annotation/Annotation
#4 = Utf8 SourceFile
#5 = Utf8 TestAnnotation.java
#6 = Utf8 RuntimeVisibleAnnotations
#7 = Utf8 Ljava/lang/annotation/Target;
#8 = Utf8 value
#9 = Utf8 Ljava/lang/annotation/ElementType;
#10 = Utf8 TYPE
#11 = Utf8 Ljava/lang/annotation/Retention;
#12 = Utf8 Ljava/lang/annotation/RetentionPolicy;
#13 = Utf8 RUNTIME
#14 = Utf8 TestAnnotation
#15 = Utf8 java/lang/Object
#16 = Utf8 java/lang/annotation/Annotation
{
}
SourceFile: "TestAnnotation.java"
RuntimeVisibleAnnotations:
0: #7(#8=[e#9.#10])
1: #11(#8=e#12.#13)
从反编译后的信息中可以看出，注解就是一个继承自java.lang.annotation.Annotation的接口。
那么接口怎么能够设置属性呢？简单来说就是java通过动态代理的方式为你生成了一个实现了”接口”TestAnnotation的实例（对于当前的实体来说，例如类、方法、属性域等，这个代理对象是单例的），然后对该代理实例的属性赋值，这样就可以在程序运行时（如果将注解设置为运行时可见的话）通过反射获取到注解的配置信息。
具体来说是怎么实现的呢？
写一个使用该注解的类：
import java.io.IOException;
/**
* Created by Administrator on 2015/1/18.
*/
@TestAnnotation(count = 0x7fffffff)
public class TestMain {
public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException, NoSuchFieldException, IllegalAccessException, IOException {
TestAnnotation annotation = TestMain.class.getAnnotation(TestAnnotation.class);
System.out.println(annotation.count());
System.in.read();
}
}
反编译一下这段代码：
Classfile /e:/workspace/intellij/SpringTest/target/classes/TestMain.class
Last modified 2015-1-20; size 1006 bytes
MD5 checksum a2d5367ea568240f078d5fb1de917550
Compiled from "TestMain.java"
public class TestMain
minor version: 0
major version: 52
flags: ACC_PUBLIC, ACC_SUPER
Constant pool:
#1 = Methodref #10.#34 // java/lang/Object."<init>":()V
#2 = Class #35 // TestMain
#3 = Class #36 // TestAnnotation
#4 = Methodref #37.#38 // java/lang/Class.getAnnotation:(Ljava/lang/Class;)Ljava/lang/annotation/Annotation;
#5 = Fieldref #39.#40 // java/lang/System.out:Ljava/io/PrintStream;
#6 = InterfaceMethodref #3.#41 // TestAnnotation.count:()I
#7 = Methodref #42.#43 // java/io/PrintStream.println:(I)V
#8 = Fieldref #39.#44 // java/lang/System.in:Ljava/io/InputStream;
#9 = Methodref #45.#46 // java/io/InputStream.read:()I
#10 = Class #47 // java/lang/Object
#11 = Utf8 <init>
#12 = Utf8 ()V
#13 = Utf8 Code
#14 = Utf8 LineNumberTable
#15 = Utf8 LocalVariableTable
#16 = Utf8 this
#17 = Utf8 LTestMain;
#18 = Utf8 main
#19 = Utf8 ([Ljava/lang/String;)V
#20 = Utf8 args
#21 = Utf8 [Ljava/lang/String;
#22 = Utf8 annotation
#23 = Utf8 LTestAnnotation;
#24 = Utf8 Exceptions
#25 = Class #48 // java/lang/InterruptedException
#26 = Class #49 // java/lang/NoSuchFieldException
#27 = Class #50 // java/lang/IllegalAccessException
#28 = Class #51 // java/io/IOException
#29 = Utf8 SourceFile
#30 = Utf8 TestMain.java
#31 = Utf8 RuntimeVisibleAnnotations
#32 = Utf8 count
#33 = Integer 2147483647
#34 = NameAndType #11:#12 // "<init>":()V
#35 = Utf8 TestMain
#36 = Utf8 TestAnnotation
#37 = Class #52 // java/lang/Class
#38 = NameAndType #53:#54 // getAnnotation:(Ljava/lang/Class;)Ljava/lang/annotation/Annotation;
#39 = Class #55 // java/lang/System
#40 = NameAndType #56:#57 // out:Ljava/io/PrintStream;
#41 = NameAndType #32:#58 // count:()I
#42 = Class #59 // java/io/PrintStream
#43 = NameAndType #60:#61 // println:(I)V
#44 = NameAndType #62:#63 // in:Ljava/io/InputStream;
#45 = Class #64 // java/io/InputStream
#46 = NameAndType #65:#58 // read:()I
#47 = Utf8 java/lang/Object
#48 = Utf8 java/lang/InterruptedException
#49 = Utf8 java/lang/NoSuchFieldException
#50 = Utf8 java/lang/IllegalAccessException
#51 = Utf8 java/io/IOException
#52 = Utf8 java/lang/Class
#53 = Utf8 getAnnotation
#54 = Utf8 (Ljava/lang/Class;)Ljava/lang/annotation/Annotation;
#55 = Utf8 java/lang/System
#56 = Utf8 out
#57 = Utf8 Ljava/io/PrintStream;
#58 = Utf8 ()I
#59 = Utf8 java/io/PrintStream
#60 = Utf8 println
#61 = Utf8 (I)V
#62 = Utf8 in
#63 = Utf8 Ljava/io/InputStream;
#64 = Utf8 java/io/InputStream
#65 = Utf8 read
{
public TestMain();
descriptor: ()V
flags: ACC_PUBLIC
Code:
stack=1, locals=1, args_size=1
0: aload_0
1: invokespecial #1 // Method java/lang/Object."<init>":()V
4: return
LineNumberTable:
line 7: 0
LocalVariableTable:
Start Length Slot Name Signature
0 5 0 this LTestMain;
public static void main(java.lang.String[]) throws java.lang.InterruptedException, java.lang.NoSuchFieldException, java.lang.IllegalAccessException, java.io.IOException;
descriptor: ([Ljava/lang/String;)V
flags: ACC_PUBLIC, ACC_STATIC
Code:
stack=2, locals=2, args_size=1
0: ldc #2 // class TestMain
2: ldc #3 // class TestAnnotation
4: invokevirtual #4 // Method java/lang/Class.getAnnotation:(Ljava/lang/Class;)Ljava/lang/annotation/Annotation;
7: checkcast #3 // class TestAnnotation
10: astore_1
11: getstatic #5 // Field java/lang/System.out:Ljava/io/PrintStream;
14: aload_1
15: invokeinterface #6, 1 // InterfaceMethod TestAnnotation.count:()I
20: invokevirtual #7 // Method java/io/PrintStream.println:(I)V
23: getstatic #8 // Field java/lang/System.in:Ljava/io/InputStream;
26: invokevirtual #9 // Method java/io/InputStream.read:()I
29: pop
30: return
LineNumberTable:
line 10: 0
line 11: 11
line 12: 23
line 13: 30
LocalVariableTable:
Start Length Slot Name Signature
0 31 0 args [Ljava/lang/String;
11 20 1 annotation LTestAnnotation;
Exceptions:
throws java.lang.InterruptedException, java.lang.NoSuchFieldException, java.lang.IllegalAccessException, java.io.IOException
}
SourceFile: "TestMain.java"
RuntimeVisibleAnnotations:
0: #23(#32=I#33)
最后一行的代码说明，注解TestAnnotation的属性设置是在编译时就确定了的。（对属性的说明在这里）。
然后，运行上面的程序，通过CLHSDB在eden区找到注解实例，
hsdb> scanoops 0x00000000e1b80000 0x00000000e3300000 TestAnnotation
0x00000000e1d6c360 com/sun/proxy/$Proxy1
类型com/sun/proxy/$Proxy1是jdk动态代理生成对象时的默认类型，其中com.sun.proxy是默认的包名，定义于ReflectUtil类的PROXY_PACKAGE字段中。代理类名$PROXY1包含两部分，其中前缀$PROXY是jdk种默认的代理类类名前缀（参见java.lang.reflect.Proxy类的javadoc），后的1是自增的结果。
下面看一下这个代理类的内容。运行java程序时添加参数-Dsun.misc.ProxyGenerator.saveGeneratedFiles=true可以将转储出jdk动态代理类的class文件。若是项目较大或是使用了各种框架的话，慎用此参数。
Classfile /e:/workspace/intellij/SpringTest/target/classes/com/sun/proxy/$Proxy1.class
Last modified 2015-1-19; size 2062 bytes
MD5 checksum 7321e44402258ba9e061275e313c5c9f
public final class com.sun.proxy.$Proxy1 extends java.lang.reflect.Proxy implements TestAnnotation
minor version: 0
major version: 49
flags: ACC_PUBLIC, ACC_FINAL
...
太长了，只截取一部分。从中可以看到，这个代理类实现了继承自java.lang.reflect.Proxy类，又实现了“接口”TestAnnotation。
接下来查看一下代理对象的内容：
hsdb> inspect 0x00000000e1d6c360
instance of Oop for com/sun/proxy/$Proxy1 @ 0x00000000e1d6c360 @ 0x00000000e1d6c360 (size = 16)
_mark: 1
_metadata._compressed_klass: InstanceKlass for com/sun/proxy/$Proxy1
h: Oop for sun/reflect/annotation/AnnotationInvocationHandler @ 0x00000000e1ce7670 Oop for sun/reflect/annotation/Annota
tionInvocationHandler @ 0x00000000e1ce7670
其中，0xe1ce74e0是成员变量h的地址（h是定义在java.lang.reflect.Proxy类中的），通过查看类AnnotationInvocationHandler的源码可以知道注解的代理实例的值就存储在它的成员变量memberValues中，然后继续向下挖就好了：
hsdb> inspect 0x00000000e1ce7670
instance of Oop for sun/reflect/annotation/AnnotationInvocationHandler @ 0x00000000e1ce7670 @ 0x00000000e1ce7670 (size =
24)
_mark: 1
_metadata._compressed_klass: InstanceKlass for sun/reflect/annotation/AnnotationInvocationHandler
type: Oop for java/lang/Class @ 0x00000000e1ccc5f8 Oop for java/lang/Class @ 0x00000000e1ccc5f8
memberValues: Oop for java/util/LinkedHashMap @ 0x00000000e1ce7548 Oop for java/util/LinkedHashMap @ 0x00000000e1ce7548
memberMethods: null null
hsdb> inspect 0x00000000e1ce7548
instance of Oop for java/util/LinkedHashMap @ 0x00000000e1ce7548 @ 0x00000000e1ce7548 (size = 56)
_mark: 1
_metadata._compressed_klass: InstanceKlass for java/util/LinkedHashMap
keySet: null null
values: null null
table: ObjArray @ 0x00000000e1ce75b8 Oop for [Ljava/util/HashMap$Node; @ 0x00000000e1ce75b8
entrySet: null null
size: 1
modCount: 1
threshold: 1
loadFactor: 0.75
head: Oop for java/util/LinkedHashMap$Entry @ 0x00000000e1ce75d0 Oop for java/util/LinkedHashMap$Entry @ 0x00000000e1ce7
5d0
tail: Oop for java/util/LinkedHashMap$Entry @ 0x00000000e1ce75d0 Oop for java/util/LinkedHashMap$Entry @ 0x00000000e1ce75d0
accessOrder: false
hsdb> inspect 0x00000000e1ce75d0
instance of Oop for java/util/LinkedHashMap$Entry @ 0x00000000e1ce75d0 @ 0x00000000e1ce75d0 (size = 40)
_mark: 1
_metadata._compressed_klass: InstanceKlass for java/util/LinkedHashMap$Entry
hash: 94852264
key: "count" @ 0x00000000e1bd7c90 Oop for java/lang/String @ 0x00000000e1bd7c90
value: Oop for java/lang/Integer @ 0x00000000e1ce7630 Oop for java/lang/Integer @ 0x00000000e1ce7630
next: null null
before: null null
after: null null
hsdb> inspect 0x00000000e1ce7630
instance of Oop for java/lang/Integer @ 0x00000000e1ce7630 @ 0x00000000e1ce7630 (size = 16)
_mark: 1
_metadata._compressed_klass: InstanceKlass for java/lang/Integer
value: 2147483647
最后可以看到，key=count, value=Integer(2147483647 = 0x7fffffff)，正是在TestMain中设置的值.
嗯，就这样吧。