The @Inherited Meta-Annotation – Annotations
The @Inherited Meta-Annotation By default, an annotation applied on a class is not inherited by its subclasses. However, this can…
The @Repeatable Meta-Annotation – Annotations
The @Repeatable Meta-Annotation There are situations where we would like to apply the same annotation multiple times on the same…
Selected Standard Annotations – Annotations
25.5 Selected Standard Annotations The Java SE Platform API provides several predefined annotation types in the java.lang package that can…
The @FunctionalInterface Annotation – Annotations
The @FunctionalInterface Annotation The marker annotation @FunctionalInterface is designed to ensure that a given interface is indeed functional—that is, it…
The @Deprecated Annotation – Annotations
The @Deprecated Annotation The annotation @Deprecated is designed to discourage the use of certain declarations that were previously allowed. The…
The @SuppressWarnings Annotation – Annotations
The @SuppressWarnings Annotation The annotation @SuppressWarnings can be used to suppress different kinds of warnings from the compiler in code…
The @SafeVarargs Annotation – Annotations
The @SafeVarargs Annotation The marker annotation @SafeVarargs is used to instruct the compiler to suppress unchecked warnings that would otherwise…
Processing Annotations – Annotations
25.6 Processing Annotations It is possible to discover annotations on program elements at runtime using the Reflection API found in…
Processing Annotations 2 – Annotations
In Example 25.4, the method printTaskInfoAnnotation() at (1) in the TaskInfoAnnotationProcessor class can be used to specifically discover TaskInfo annotations…
Application Security Overview – Secure Coding
26.1 Application Security Overview This chapter is quite different from other chapters in this book because of the nature of…