Java 5 changed everything by introducing annotations, a standard mechanism for associating metadata with various application elements. This tutorial introduces you to Java annotations. You’ll ...

In order to declare a directive using a java annotation, you first have to create the java annotation, and annotate it with special annotations. For example, we wish to create a directive that adds ...

However, annotation-based Spring configuration has its drawbacks, especially as applications scale. A codebase with Java annotations scattered across hundreds of classes can quickly become difficult ...