diff -r 044c72732424 -r 7c0eb1a5d0b8 javap/src/main/java/org/apidesign/javap/AnnotationParser.java
--- a/javap/src/main/java/org/apidesign/javap/AnnotationParser.java	Sun Feb 03 23:18:47 2013 +0100
+++ b/javap/src/main/java/org/apidesign/javap/AnnotationParser.java	Mon Feb 04 22:03:49 2013 +0100
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@
         this.iterateArray = iterateArray;
     }
 
-    protected void visitAnnotationStart(String type) throws IOException {
+    protected void visitAnnotationStart(String type, boolean top) throws IOException {
     }
 
-    protected void visitAnnotationEnd(String type) throws IOException {
+    protected void visitAnnotationEnd(String type, boolean top) throws IOException {
     }
 
     protected void visitValueStart(String attrName, char type) throws IOException {
@@ -85,20 +85,20 @@
     private void read(DataInputStream dis, ClassData cd) throws IOException {
     	int cnt = dis.readUnsignedShort();
         for (int i = 0; i < cnt; i++) {
-            readAnno(dis, cd);
+            readAnno(dis, cd, true);
         }
     }
 
-    private void readAnno(DataInputStream dis, ClassData cd) throws IOException {
+    private void readAnno(DataInputStream dis, ClassData cd, boolean top) throws IOException {
         int type = dis.readUnsignedShort();
         String typeName = cd.StringValue(type);
-        visitAnnotationStart(typeName);
+        visitAnnotationStart(typeName, top);
     	int cnt = dis.readUnsignedShort();
     	for (int i = 0; i < cnt; i++) {
             String attrName = cd.StringValue(dis.readUnsignedShort());
             readValue(dis, cd, typeName, attrName);
         }
-        visitAnnotationEnd(typeName);
+        visitAnnotationEnd(typeName, top);
         if (cnt == 0) {
             visitAttr(typeName, null, null, null);
         }
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
         char type = (char)dis.readByte();
         visitValueStart(attrName, type);
         if (type == '@') {
-            readAnno(dis, cd);
+            readAnno(dis, cd, false);
         } else if ("CFJZsSIDB".indexOf(type) >= 0) { // NOI18N
             int primitive = dis.readUnsignedShort();
             String val = cd.stringValue(primitive, textual);