diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/lang/Class.java b/src/share/classes/java/lang/Class.java
index 77df0d146fdc097fddec5916b571a3400dabcdc7..63f56764d450150ae5e72f0aba6a1ddfdf1f15be 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/lang/Class.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/lang/Class.java
@@ -3059,14 +3059,12 @@ public final
     }
 
 
-    private static Annotation[] EMPTY_ANNOTATIONS_ARRAY = new Annotation[0];
-
     /**
      * @since 1.5
      */
     public Annotation[] getAnnotations() {
         initAnnotationsIfNecessary();
-        return annotations.values().toArray(EMPTY_ANNOTATIONS_ARRAY);
+        return AnnotationParser.toArray(annotations);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -3074,7 +3072,7 @@ public final
      */
     public Annotation[] getDeclaredAnnotations()  {
         initAnnotationsIfNecessary();
-        return declaredAnnotations.values().toArray(EMPTY_ANNOTATIONS_ARRAY);
+        return AnnotationParser.toArray(declaredAnnotations);
     }
 
     // Annotations cache
diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Constructor.java b/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Constructor.java
index 49d2478bd90b16a89faf83a12eab5d17cac59ede..0c101ccacb8596bad591d09fd5fda9a4beaa540f 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Constructor.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Constructor.java
@@ -626,13 +626,11 @@ public final
         return (T) declaredAnnotations().get(annotationClass);
     }
 
-    private static final Annotation[] EMPTY_ANNOTATION_ARRAY=new Annotation[0];
-
     /**
      * @since 1.5
      */
     public Annotation[] getDeclaredAnnotations()  {
-        return declaredAnnotations().values().toArray(EMPTY_ANNOTATION_ARRAY);
+        return AnnotationParser.toArray(declaredAnnotations());
     }
 
     private transient Map<Class, Annotation> declaredAnnotations;
diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Field.java b/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Field.java
index 33b6fc61ad86db712d51f2df9c2ea5991a5aa1ce..5a3e9e9ab7dccd6b58483641af5b3f63375857ce 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Field.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Field.java
@@ -1018,13 +1018,11 @@ class Field extends AccessibleObject implements Member {
         return (T) declaredAnnotations().get(annotationClass);
     }
 
-    private static final Annotation[] EMPTY_ANNOTATION_ARRAY=new Annotation[0];
-
     /**
      * @since 1.5
      */
     public Annotation[] getDeclaredAnnotations()  {
-        return declaredAnnotations().values().toArray(EMPTY_ANNOTATION_ARRAY);
+        return AnnotationParser.toArray(declaredAnnotations());
     }
 
     private transient Map<Class, Annotation> declaredAnnotations;
diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Method.java b/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Method.java
index 97947468f086f3f57e0161c5728f5170d9570595..c638869cd38e81b8eeafde35d60d1cfa955e9349 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Method.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Method.java
@@ -705,13 +705,11 @@ public final
         return (T) declaredAnnotations().get(annotationClass);
     }
 
-    private static final Annotation[] EMPTY_ANNOTATION_ARRAY=new Annotation[0];
-
     /**
      * @since 1.5
      */
     public Annotation[] getDeclaredAnnotations()  {
-        return declaredAnnotations().values().toArray(EMPTY_ANNOTATION_ARRAY);
+        return AnnotationParser.toArray(declaredAnnotations());
     }
 
     private transient Map<Class, Annotation> declaredAnnotations;
diff --git a/src/share/classes/sun/reflect/annotation/AnnotationParser.java b/src/share/classes/sun/reflect/annotation/AnnotationParser.java
index eac123dc6053360dc6e2c002c01bcec3d2298d68..4bcb0d305426cdc2b4a4f7533dd6c28f875c94a1 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/sun/reflect/annotation/AnnotationParser.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/sun/reflect/annotation/AnnotationParser.java
@@ -788,4 +788,16 @@ public class AnnotationParser {
         for (int i = 0; i < length; i++)
             skipMemberValue(buf);
     }
+
+    /*
+     * This method converts the annotation map returned by the parseAnnotations()
+     * method to an array.  It is called by Field.getDeclaredAnnotations(),
+     * Method.getDeclaredAnnotations(), and Constructor.getDeclaredAnnotations().
+     * This avoids the reflection classes to load the Annotation class until
+     * it is needed.
+     */
+    private static final Annotation[] EMPTY_ANNOTATION_ARRAY = new Annotation[0];
+    public static Annotation[] toArray(Map<Class, Annotation> annotations) {
+        return annotations.values().toArray(EMPTY_ANNOTATION_ARRAY);
+    }
 }