getAnnotationTarget(file: TFile): string {
    const annotationTargetPropertyValue = this.plugin.getPropertyValue(ANNOTATION_TARGET_PROPERTY, file);

    if (!annotationTargetPropertyValue) {
        this.plugin.log('Invalid annotation target!');
        return '';
    }

    for (let target of [
        annotationTargetPropertyValue,
        `${this.plugin.settings.customDefaultPath}${annotationTargetPropertyValue}`
    ])
    {
        //unpack target if it is is an array (For Metaedit compatability)
        if (Array.isArray(target)) {
            target = target[0];
        }

        if (isUrl(target)) {
            return target;
        }

        let destFile: TFile;
        try {
            destFile = this.app.metadataCache.getFirstLinkpathDest(target, file?.path || '');
        } finally {
            if (destFile) {
                return destFile.path;
            }
        }
    }
}