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Reflection to Extract Annotation Details

In my this tutorial, I am going to demonstrate how to extract method details with Annotation details with Reflection mechanism. Have a look on complete details and let me know if I you need some more details. Below interface is @Retention.RUNTIME Annotation enabled.

package www.technicaljungle.com;

import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;

@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface RefRetentionInterface {
	String value();
}

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package www.technicaljungle.com;

import java.lang.annotation.Retention;

import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;

@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)

public @interface RefRetentionInterface {

String value();

}

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Main Advantages Of Annotations Over XML

Meta data is some kind of description that you can supply along with your data. In java it’s possible to do with annotations, XML, there are other methods. In order to take advantage of meta data you should have something that will process this data and decide ……………

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Meta ‘Inherited’ Annotation

This is a bit of a complex annotation type. It indicates that the annotated class with this type is automatically inherited. More specifically, if you define an annotation with the @Inherited tag, then annotate a class with your annotation, and finally extend the class in a subclass, ……………

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Meta ‘Documented’ Annotation

The ‘@documented’ annotation indicates that an annotation with this type should be documented by the javadoc tool. By default, annotations are not included in javadoc. But if @Documented is used, it then will be processed by javadoc-like tools and the annotation type information will also be included ……………

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Meta ‘Retention’ Annotation

The retention annotation indicates where and how long annotations with this type are to be retained. There are three values: SOURCE—Annotations with this type will be by retained only at the source level and will be ignored by the compiler. CLASS—Annotations with this type will be by ……………

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Meta ‘Target’ Annotation

Meta Annotation which is also called as Annotation of Annotation. This is of four types: Target Retention Documented Inherited The Target Annotation The target annotation indicates the targeted elements of a class in which the annotation type will be applicable. It contains the following enumerated types as ……………

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Java Annotation Types: Simple Annotation

There are two types of annotations available with JDK5: Simple annotations: These are the basic types supplied with Tiger, which you can use to annotate your code only; you cannot use those to create a custom annotation type. Meta annotations: These are the annotation types designed for annotating annotation-type ……………

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Annotation Programming Basics

Rules of Thumb for Defining Java Annotation Types Here are some rules-of-thumb when defining an annotation type: Annotation declaration should start with an ‘at’ sign like @, following with an interface keyword, following with the annotation name. Method declarations should not have any parameters. Method declarations should ……………

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Annotations and Its Benefits in Java

Introduction Annotation is code about the code, that is metadata about the program itself. In other words, organized data about the code, embedded within the code itself. It can be parsed by the compiler, annotation processing tools and can also be made available at run-time too. First ……………