public class TestAnnotations {

   @MyAnnotation(name = "foo")
   private static class OneAnnotation {
   }

   @MyAnnotation(name = "foo")
   @MyAnnotation(name = "bar")
   private static class TwoAnnotations {
   }

   public static void main(String argv[]) throws Exception {
       annotationCount(OneAnnotation.class);
       annotationCount(TwoAnnotations.class);

       //load empty security policy
       loadSecurityPolicy();

       annotationCount(OneAnnotation.class);
       annotationCount(TwoAnnotations.class);
   }

   private static void annotationCount(Class<?> clazz) {
       MyAnnotation[] annotations = clazz.getAnnotationsByType(MyAnnotation.class);
       System.err.println(clazz.getSimpleName() + " annotation count: " + annotations.length);
   }
   ...
}

OneAnnotation annotation count: 1
TwoAnnotations annotation count: 2
OneAnnotation annotation count: 1
Exception in thread "main" java.security.AccessControlException: access denied ("java.lang.reflect.ReflectPermission" "suppressAccessChecks")
   at java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission(AccessControlContext.java:457)
   at java.security.AccessController.checkPermission(AccessController.java:884)
   at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPermission(SecurityManager.java:549)
   at java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject.setAccessible(AccessibleObject.java:128)
   at sun.reflect.annotation.AnnotationSupport.getValueArray(AnnotationSupport.java:196)
   at sun.reflect.annotation.AnnotationSupport.getIndirectlyPresent(AnnotationSupport.java:110)
   at