code: public  synchronized AnnotationHelper getAnnotationHelper () {
  
          if (aHelper == null) {
              this.aHelper = new AnnotationHelper(wApp);    
      
              if (com.ibm.ejs.ras.TraceComponent.isAnyTracingEnabled()&&logger.isLoggable (Level.FINE)) {
                  logger.logp (Level.FINE, CLASS_NAME, "getAnnotationHelper",
                       "created new annotation helper instance --> [" + this.aHelper + "]");
              }
          }
          
          return aHelper;
      }
docs: Retrieves an AnnotationHelper instance.
  
  @return an AnnotationHelper object containing the desired instance.