ApiResponse from custom meta annotations are ignored in certain case

[SHSolution]

swagger-core/modules/swagger-core/src/main/java/io/swagger/v3/core/util/ReflectionUtils.java

Line 321 in 96b072c

if (annotations == null || annotations.length == 0) {

Why is this only executed when the Array in the line above is null or empty? In this case ApiResponse Annotations made in a custom annotation to centralize error responses or other common responses like for example:

@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target({ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.TYPE})
@ApiResponses(value = {
        @ApiResponse(
                responseCode = "500",
                description = "Returns Object of Type: MyException in case of an error." +
                " Please check the MyException for further details.",
                content = @Content(schema = @Schema(implementation = MyException.class))
        )
})
public @interface CommonResponses {}

Which later is used like this for example:

    @CommonResponses
    @Operation(
            summary = "Inserts a new thing",
            description = "Use this method to insert a new thing",
            operationId = "insertThing",
            tags = {"thing"}
    )
    @ApiResponse(responseCode = "201",
            description = "Returns the the created thing.",
            content = @Content(schema = @Schema(implementation = Result.class)),
            headers = {@Header(name = HttpHeaders.LOCATION, description = "The location of the newly created thing.")}
    )
    @ApiResponse(responseCode = "400",
            description = "Returns 400 if required parameters are missing.",
            content = @Content(schema = @Schema(implementation = Result.class))
    )
    @POST
    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
    public Response insertThing(
            @Context UriInfo uriInfo,
            @Context SecurityContext securityContext,
             Thing thing) {

        .....
        return Response.created(new URI(locationHeader)).entity(result).build();

    }

When using my CommonResponses like this, the 500 Response (would like to place some more there...) from that is ignored.
If I don't use ApiResponse annotations on the method itself, only then my meta annotation is picked up.

Is it possible to always include meta annotations or what's the point against doing this?

Thanks for reply / fixing this

/Soeren

[frantuma]

fixed in #3931