Java 8 supports type annotations by extending the java.lang.annotation.ElementType enum with new constants TYPE_PARAMETER (type parameter declaration) and TYPE_USE (use of a type).

The JSpecify collective has made their first release, JSpecify 1.0.0. The group's mission is to define common sets of annotation types for use in JVM languages, to improve static analysis and ...

Unfortunately, Sun does talk about annotations quite a lot, and they don’t appear to have noticed that this particular new language feature is actually a bit ill-conceived. The EJB 3 spec makes heavy ...

JPA and Hibernate enum mapping The Java enum, introduced in Java 5, will map to the underlying database without any intervention. The JPA framework, be it Hibernate or Toplink or DataNucleus, will ...