Java 5 Annotating an annotation

Continue the series about Java 5 Annotation ... (will be in Chinese later on when I have time)

Annotating an annotation:

package java.lang.annotation;

public enum ElementType

{
  TYPE,			// Class, interface, or enum (but not annotation)
  FIELD,		// Field (including enumerated values)
  METHOD,		// Method (does not include constructors)
  PARAMETER,		// Method parameter
  CONSTRUCTOR,		// Constructor
  LOCAL_VARIABLE,	// Local variable or catch clause
  ANNOTATION_TYPE,	// Annotation Types (meta-annotations)
  PACKAGE		// Java package
}

package com.myannotation.examples;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * Annotation type to indicate a task still needs to be completed
 */
@Target({ElementType.TYPE,
         ElementType.METHOD,
         ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR,
         ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE})

public @interface TODO

{
  String value();
}

using Retention:

package java.lang.annotation;

public enum RetentionPolicy

{
  SOURCE, // Annotation is discarded by the compiler
  CLASS, // Annotation is stored in the class file, but ignored by the VM
  RUNTIME // Annotation is stored in the class file and read by the VM
}

@Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE)
public @interface SuppressWarnings

{
  // annotation type body
}

package com.myannotation.examples;

import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;

/**
 * Marker annotation to indicate that a method or class
 *   is still in progress.
 */
@Documented
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface InProgress { }
package com.myannotation.examples;

import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.Inherited;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;

/**
 * Marker annotation to indicate that a method or class
 *   is still in progress.
 */
@Documented
@Inherited
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface InProgress { }