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Java Annotations (Metadata) Examples


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Java Annotations are also called Metadata. Annotations are introduced with JDK 5 onwards. Annotations allows us to add some form of metadata information into our source code, but it doesnot change the execution flow of the program. These annotations can then be processed at compile time by the compiler tools or during at runtime via Java Reflection. Classes, methods, variables may be annotated.

List Of All Annotation (Metadata) Programs:

  1. How to create basic custom annotation?
  2. What is Retention policy in java annotations?
  3. How to get annotations at runtime using java reflection?
  4. How to get all annotations from a class?
  5. How to assign default values to custom annotations?
  6. What is marker annotation and how to process it at runtime?
  7. Built-in Java Annotations: @Deprecated example
  8. Built-in Java Annotations: @Override example
  9. Built-in Java Annotations: @SuppressWarnings example
  10. What is single member annotation and how to process it?
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Can you list serialization methods?
Serialization interface does not have any methods. It is a marker interface. It just tells the JVM that your class can be serializable.
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I'm Nataraja Gootooru, programmer by profession and passionate about technologies. All examples given here are as simple as possible to help beginners. The source code is compiled and tested in my dev environment.

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