# Announcing kotlinx-metadata-jvm library for reading/modifying metadata of Kotlin/JVM class files **URL:** \ **Category:** Libraries\ **Created:** [June 1, 2018, 5:27pm UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/announcing-kotlinx-metadata-jvm-library-for-reading-modifying-metadata-of-kotlin-jvm-class-files/7980 "2018-06-01T17:27:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 30
**Author:** ![udalov](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.kotlinlang.org/udalov/32/5679_2.png) [@udalov](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/u/udalov)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 1:55pm UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/announcing-kotlinx-metadata-jvm-library-for-reading-modifying-metadata-of-kotlin-jvm-class-files/7980/30 "2019-09-09T13:55:52Z")
No, annotations are not stored in the metadata and kotlinx-metadata-jvm doesn’t provide a way to read them. The only workaround is to read them directly by external means, such as from the bytecode, via reflection or annotation processing API. File annotations specifically are generated on the corresponding file facade class, if it exists. We do plan to provide access to annotations on classes and members (see the [comment](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/announcing-kotlinx-metadata-jvm-library-for-reading-modifying-metadata-of-kotlin-jvm-class-files/7980/18) above and [KT-31857](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-31857)), but likely not as a part of the core kotilnx-metadata-jvm library. --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/announcing-kotlinx-metadata-jvm-library-for-reading-modifying-metadata-of-kotlin-jvm-class-files/7980)._