Java Annotation is a tag that represents the metadata i.e. attached with class, interface, methods or fields to indicate some additional information which can be used by java compiler and JVM.

JSR 269 introduced Annotation processing into Java. Annotation processing is done by the Java compiler itself (because it's from a time before buildtools like Maven or Gradle). This itself is not a ...

Java provides two different options for processing source code annotations. One of them is the annotation processing API used in compile time, and the other is the Reflection API used in runtime. Both ...

Support for annotation processing via an extension to the Java Reflection API and a generalized tool for processing annotations. Java’s standard (pre-defined) annotation types.

Java is one of the most preferred languages among developers. It is used in everything right from smartphones and game consoles to even supercomputers, and its new features simply add to the richness ...

When writing a complex Java program filled with many interlocking objects, any automation of routine tasks can be a big help. So Java developers using the Java Spring framework should welcome recent ...

Subramaniam said that Java has few Annotations built in such as deprecate, Override, Suppress Warnings and recommended the usage of Override Annotation while using Java.