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  public static void main (String[] args ) throws IOException {

    JamServiceFactory factory = JamServiceFactory.getInstance ();
    JamServiceParams params = factory.createServiceParams ();

    // search in source files.
    params.includeSourcePattern (new File[] { new File (
        "src/sandbox/jam/test/" ) }, "*.java" );

    JamService service = factory.createService (params );

    JamClassIterator jClassIter = service.getClasses ();
    while (jClassIter.hasNext ()) {
      JClass elem = (JClass ) jClassIter.next ();
      System.out.println ("Class name:" + elem.getSimpleName ());
      JAnnotation[] annotations = elem.getAnnotations ();
      dumpAnnotations (annotations );

      for (JField field : elem.getFields ()) {
        System.out.println (" f> " + field.getSimpleName () + ":"
            + field.getType ().getSimpleName ());
        annotations = field.getAnnotations ();
        dumpAnnotations (annotations );
      }

      for (JMethod method : elem.getMethods ()) {
        System.out.println (" m> " + method.getSimpleName ());
        annotations = method.getAnnotations ();
        dumpAnnotations (annotations );
      }
    }
  }

  private static void dumpAnnotations (JAnnotation[] annotations ) {
    for (JAnnotation ann : annotations ) {
      System.out.println ("    a> " + ann.getSimpleName ());
      for (JAnnotationValue annVal : ann.getValues ()) {
        System.out.println ("       v> " + annVal.getName () + ":"
            + annVal.asString ());
      }
    }
  }

Above code with simple annotated class can be downloaded here as Eclipse compressed project (just import it into workspace; Eclipse 3.1M4 is required and you'll need to fix path for tools.jar pointing to your JDK's copy).