There is now an 'override this method' alternative for

setting the annotation you handle for an XAnnotationHandler<T>;
default behaviour still extracts the T part out of the signature.

src/core/lombok/eclipse/EclipseAnnotationHandler.java

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 package lombok.eclipse;
 
 import lombok.core.AnnotationValues;
+import lombok.core.SpiLoadUtil;
 
 /**
  * Implement this interface if you want to be triggered for a specific annotation.
@@ -59,4 +60,13 @@ public abstract class EclipseAnnotationHandler<T extends java.lang.annotation.An
 	 */
 	public void preHandle(AnnotationValues<T> annotation, org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.Annotation ast, EclipseNode annotationNode) {
 	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * This handler is a handler for the given annotation; you don't normally need to override this class
+	 * as the annotation type is extracted from your {@code extends EclipseAnnotationHandler<AnnotationTypeHere>}
+	 * signature.
+	 */
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked") public Class<T> getAnnotationHandledByThisHandler() {
+		return (Class<T>) SpiLoadUtil.findAnnotationClass(getClass(), EclipseAnnotationHandler.class);
+	}
 }

src/core/lombok/eclipse/HandlerLibrary.java

@@ -158,8 +158,7 @@ public class HandlerLibrary {
 		try {
 			for (EclipseAnnotationHandler<?> handler : SpiLoadUtil.findServices(EclipseAnnotationHandler.class, EclipseAnnotationHandler.class.getClassLoader())) {
 				try {
-					Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass =
-						SpiLoadUtil.findAnnotationClass(handler.getClass(), EclipseAnnotationHandler.class);
+					Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass = handler.getAnnotationHandledByThisHandler();
 					AnnotationHandlerContainer<?> container = new AnnotationHandlerContainer(handler, annotationClass);
 					String annotationClassName = container.annotationClass.getName().replace("$", ".");
 					if (lib.annotationHandlers.put(annotationClassName, container) != null) {

src/core/lombok/javac/HandlerLibrary.java

@@ -165,8 +165,7 @@ public class HandlerLibrary {
 	private static void loadAnnotationHandlers(HandlerLibrary lib) throws IOException {
 		//No, that seemingly superfluous reference to JavacAnnotationHandler's classloader is not in fact superfluous!
 		for (JavacAnnotationHandler handler : SpiLoadUtil.findServices(JavacAnnotationHandler.class, JavacAnnotationHandler.class.getClassLoader())) {
-			Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass =
-				SpiLoadUtil.findAnnotationClass(handler.getClass(), JavacAnnotationHandler.class);
+			Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass = handler.getAnnotationHandledByThisHandler();
 			AnnotationHandlerContainer<?> container = new AnnotationHandlerContainer(handler, annotationClass);
 			String annotationClassName = container.annotationClass.getName().replace("$", ".");
 			if (lib.annotationHandlers.put(annotationClassName, container) != null) {

src/core/lombok/javac/JavacAnnotationHandler.java

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ package lombok.javac;
 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
 
 import lombok.core.AnnotationValues;
+import lombok.core.SpiLoadUtil;
 
 import com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree.JCAnnotation;
 
@@ -53,4 +54,13 @@ public abstract class JavacAnnotationHandler<T extends Annotation> {
 	 * as access useful methods such as generating warnings or errors focused on the annotation.
 	 */
 	public abstract void handle(AnnotationValues<T> annotation, JCAnnotation ast, JavacNode annotationNode);
+	
+	/**
+	 * This handler is a handler for the given annotation; you don't normally need to override this class
+	 * as the annotation type is extracted from your {@code extends EclipseAnnotationHandler<AnnotationTypeHere>}
+	 * signature.
+	 */
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked") public Class<T> getAnnotationHandledByThisHandler() {
+		return (Class<T>) SpiLoadUtil.findAnnotationClass(getClass(), JavacAnnotationHandler.class);
+	}
 }