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* Compiler-time and deployment-time processing — Software tools (like [[AnnotationProcessor]]s) can process annotation information to generate boilerplate code, XML files, and so forth. | * Compiler-time and deployment-time processing — Software tools (like [[AnnotationProcessor]]s) can process annotation information to generate boilerplate code, XML files, and so forth. | ||
* Runtime processing — Some annotations are available to the developer/manager for examination at runtime. | * Runtime processing — Some annotations are available to the developer/manager for examination at runtime. | ||
| - | Annotations can be applied to a program's declarations of classes, fields, methods, interfaces, arrays and other program elements. | + | Annotations can be applied to a program's declarations of classes, fields, methods, interfaces, arrays and other program elements. Compile time [[annotation]]s are useful for generating [[CompileTimeCaches]]. |
Revision as of 13:49, 25 July 2009
Taken from wikipedia::Annotations:
Annotations provide data about a software program that is not part of the program itself. They have no direct effect on the operation of the code they annotate.
Annotations have a number of uses, among them:
- Information for the compiler — Annotations can be used by the compiler to detect errors or suppress warnings.
- Compiler-time and deployment-time processing — Software tools (like AnnotationProcessors) can process annotation information to generate boilerplate code, XML files, and so forth.
- Runtime processing — Some annotations are available to the developer/manager for examination at runtime.
Annotations can be applied to a program's declarations of classes, fields, methods, interfaces, arrays and other program elements. Compile time annotations are useful for generating CompileTimeCaches.
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