9.7. Annotations
An annotation is a modifier consisting of the name of an annotation type (§9.6) and zero or more element-value pairs, each of which associates a value with a different element of the annotation type.
The purpose of an annotation is simply to associate information with the annotated program element.
Annotations must contain an element-value pair for every element of the corresponding annotation type, except for those elements with default values, or a compile-time error occurs.
Annotations may, but are not required to, contain element-value pairs for elements with default values.
Annotations may be used as modifiers in any declaration, whether package (§7.4.1), class (§8.1.1) (including enums (§8.9)), interface (§9.1.1) (including ...
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