Learn how to use Java annotations to associate metadata with classes, methods, and other application elements in your Java programs. There are times when you need to associate metadata, or data that ...

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Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0 simplifies the enterprise bean architecture and provides enhanced and more powerful features. The new specification leverages the annotations metadata facility introduced in ...

Pop quiz: Do you know what annotation metadata is? If you’re like most coders, you don’t—and that has been okay, says Graeme Rocher, creator of Java application frameworks, including Grails. But in a ...