Learn Java for Android Development: Migrating Java SE Programming Skills to Mobile Development

© Peter Späth and Jeff Friesen 2020

P. Späth, J. FriesenLearn Java for Android Developmenthttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5943-6_6

6. Mastering Advanced Language Features, Part 2

Peter Späth¹  and Jeff Friesen²

(1)

Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany

(2)

Winnipeg, MB, Canada

 

In Chapters 2 through 4, we laid a foundation for learning the Java language, and in Chapter 5, we built onto this foundation by introducing some of Java’s more advanced language features. In this chapter, we will continue to cover advanced language features by focusing on those features related to annotations, generics, and enums.

Mastering Annotations

While developing a Java application, you might want to annotate (associate metadata, which is data that describes other data, with) various ...