java Annotation Annotation elements

Annotation elements

Here is a list of the allowed types for annotation elements:

  • All primitives (int, float, boolean etc.)
  • String
  • Class
  • Enums
  • Annotations
  • Arrays of any of the above

The compiler will report an error if you try to use any other types. Note that you are not allowed to use any of the wrapper classes, but because of autoboxing this isn’t really a limitation. You can also have elements that are themselves annotations. As you will see a bit later, nested annotations can be very helpful.


There is another restriction, which is that none of the non-primitive type elements are allowed to take null as a value, either when declared in the source code or when defined as a default value in the annotation interface. This makes it hard to write a processor that acts on the presence or absence of an element, because every element is effectively present in every annotation declaration. You can get around this by checking for specific values, like empty strings or negative values:

default  value 
//: annotations/SimulatingNull.java
import java.lang.annotation.*;
@Target(ElementType.METHOD)
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface SimulatingNull {
public int id() default -1;
public String description() default "";
}

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