Java annotations were designed for metadata. Spring uses them for dependency injection. Lombok uses them for code generation. JPA uses them for ORM mapping. We use them to write entire programs. This ...

fluent-builder-parent/ ├── fluent-builder-annotations/ # Contains @FluentBuilder and other annotations ├── fluent-builder-processor/ # Annotation processor that generates builder code └── ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. The Spring ApplicationContext provides developers direct access to the Spring framework’s ...

Abstract: Java provides two different options for processing source code annotations. One of them is the annotation processing API used in compile time, and the other is the Reflection API used in ...

Generics make your code more flexible and easier to read, and they help you avoid ClassCastExceptions at runtime. Get started with this introduction to using generics with the Java Collections ...

Before Spring introduced custom annotations, developers had to manage configurations like email validation using XML configuration files. The XML configuration would define beans, validators, and ...