getClass().getAnnotations() does not return all the annotations when using spring application context

Question

When I ask the spring application context to give me the main class of my application, using applicationContext.getBeansWithAnnotation(...), I can only access two of the class annotations :

• @SpringBootApplication
• @EnableJpaRepositories

So if I ask for the bean with the annotation @EntityScan, the spring context correctly give me the main class, but I can not access the @EntityScan annotation, as if it was not present.

Why ?

Main class

@SpringBootApplication(scanBasePackages = "foo")
@EnableJpaRepositories(basePackages = "foo.repository", repositoryBaseClass = AppRepositoryImpl.class)
@EntityScan(basePackages = "foo.entity") // Spring annotation -> I don't see it
@MiscScan(basePackages = "foo.misc") // My own annotation -> I don't see it
public class APIApplication {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SpringApplication.run(APIApplication.class, args);
    }
}

Retrieving the main class from the spring application context

// I can search the main class using any of the 4 aforementioned annotations, it does not matter.
applicationContext.getBeansWithAnnotation(EntityScan.class).values().iterator().next().getClass().getAnnotations()

Note that :

• Changing the order of the annotations does not matter.
• APIApplication.class.getAnnotations() correctly give me all the annotations.

EDIT : The class was proxied by spring, so the get the real class and all the annotations I have to do this :

applicationContext.getBeansWithAnnotation(EntityScan.class).values().iterator().next().getClass().getSuperclass().getAnnotations()

EDIT 2 : I found a cleaner solution :

org.springframework.util.ClassUtils.getUserClass(applicationContext.getBeansWithAnnotation(EntityScan.class).values().iterator().next().getClass()).getAnnotations()