title: Is there Commons AnnotationUtils like library? (Java)
body: <p>I can't find a general utilities (static methods) library for querying for annotations other than either using the annotations api directly and writing my own or using Springs:</p>
  
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  <li><a href="http://static.springsource.org/spring/docs/2.5.x/api/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotationUtils.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Springs Annotation Utils</a></li>
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  <p>Normally I would not mind using Springs but its a rather big dependency just for dealing with annotations. Maybe Commons Lang will have AnnotationUtils some day.</p>
  
  <p>What are people using to query for Annotations?</p>