Is it possible to read the value of a annotation in java?

Yes, if your Column annotation has the runtime retention

@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@interface Column {
    ....
}

you can do something like this

for (Field f: MyClass.class.getFields()) {
   Column column = f.getAnnotation(Column.class);
   if (column != null)
       System.out.println(column.columnName());
}

UPDATE : To get private fields use

Myclass.class.getDeclaredFields()

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