Chapter 15. Annotations

Topics in This Chapter A2

• 15.1 What Are Annotations? — page 200

• 15.2 What Can Be Annotated? — page 200

• 15.3 Annotation Arguments — page 201

• 15.4 Annotation Implementations — page 202

• 15.5 Annotations for Java Features — page 203

  Java Modifiers. Marker Interfaces. Checked Exceptions.

  Variable Arguments. JavaBeans.

• 15.6 Annotations for Optimizations — page 206

  Tail Recursion. Jump Table Generation and Inlining.

  Eliding Methods. Specialization for Primitive Types.

• 15.7 Annotations for Errors and Warnings — page 210

• Exercises — page 211