Confusion about @field:Annotation

[LSafer]

@al3c Actually, you are right

@al3c

If both property and field are valid targets for the annotation, the property is annotated, Java will hence see an annotation on the getter.

The following will output [true]

@Target(AnnotationTarget.FIELD)
@Retention(AnnotationRetention.RUNTIME)
annotation class ExampleAnnotation

class ExampleClass {
    @ExampleAnnotation
    val exampleProperty: String = ""
}

fun main() {
    val clazz = ExampleClass::class.java
    clazz.declaredFields.forEach { field ->
        println(field.annotations.map { it is ExampleAnnotation })
    }
}

I didn’t knew about this exact behavior.

In my defense, the question was about why it is needed to add @field: and not is it always necessary.

But, I am so sorry for the false statement in my first answer