Basics of Annotations – Annotations
25.1 Basics of Annotations Support for annotations is provided by the Annotation API, which is located in the java.lang.annotation package.…
Declaring Annotation Types – Annotations
25.2 Declaring Annotation Types An annotation type declaration specifies a new annotation type, and has a lot in common with…
Declaring Annotation Type Elements – Annotations
Declaring Annotation Type Elements The body of an annotation type declaration may contain declarations of annotation type elements. The syntax…
Element Modifiers for Annotation Type Elements – Annotations
Element Modifiers for Annotation Type Elements The modifiers allowed for an annotation type element are analogous to the modifiers that…
Defaults for Annotation Type Elements – Annotations
Defaults for Annotation Type Elements An annotation type element declaration can declare a default value for an element using the…
Applying Normal Annotations – Annotations
Applying Normal Annotations When a normal annotation is applied to a program element, in addition to the name of the…
Applying Marker Annotations – Annotations
Applying Marker Annotations A marker annotation is a shorthand notation typically for use with marker annotation types, which have no…
Meta-Annotations – Annotations
25.4 Meta-Annotations Meta-annotations are annotations that can be applied on an annotation type declaration to specify various aspects of the…
The @Target Meta-Annotation 2 – Annotations
The target values of the ElementType constants from 1 to 10 in Table 25.2 indicate declaration contexts—that is, a context…
The @Target Meta-Annotation – Annotations
The @Target Meta-Annotation An annotation type declaration can specify the contexts in which the annotation is applicable. This is controlled…