Declaring Annotation Types – Annotations
25.2 Declaring Annotation Types An annotation type declaration specifies a new annotation type, and has a lot in common with…
Element Modifiers for Annotation Type Elements – Annotations
Element Modifiers for Annotation Type Elements The modifiers allowed for an annotation type element are analogous to the modifiers that…
Applying Normal Annotations – Annotations
Applying Normal Annotations When a normal annotation is applied to a program element, in addition to the name of the…
Applying Marker Annotations – Annotations
Applying Marker Annotations A marker annotation is a shorthand notation typically for use with marker annotation types, which have no…
The @Target Meta-Annotation 2 – Annotations
The target values of the ElementType constants from 1 to 10 in Table 25.2 indicate declaration contexts—that is, a context…
The @Target Meta-Annotation – Annotations
The @Target Meta-Annotation An annotation type declaration can specify the contexts in which the annotation is applicable. This is controlled…
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 @SuppressWarnings Annotation – Annotations
The @SuppressWarnings Annotation The annotation @SuppressWarnings can be used to suppress different kinds of warnings from the compiler in code…
Processing Annotations – Annotations
25.6 Processing Annotations It is possible to discover annotations on program elements at runtime using the Reflection API found in…
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…