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public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {


        // This is the inner annotation List

        final JavaAnnotationSource listAnnotation = Roaster.create(JavaAnnotationSource.class);


        listAnnotation.setName("List");


        listAnnotation.addAnnotation(Retention.class).setEnumValue(RUNTIME);


        listAnnotation.addAnnotation(Target.class).setEnumValue(METHOD, FIELD, PARAMETER, TYPE);


        listAnnotation.addAnnotationElement("Email[] value()");


        System.out.println(listAnnotation);


        // This is the annotation @Email

        final JavaAnnotationSource emailAnnotation = Roaster.create(JavaAnnotationSource.class);


        emailAnnotation.setPackage("org.agoncal.proj.constraints").setName("Email");


        emailAnnotation.addImport(Payload.class);


        emailAnnotation.addAnnotation(Documented.class);


        emailAnnotation.addAnnotation(Retention.class).setEnumValue(RUNTIME);


        emailAnnotation.addAnnotation(Target.class).setEnumValue(METHOD, FIELD, PARAMETER, TYPE);


        emailAnnotation.addAnnotation(Constraint.class).setLiteralValue("validatedBy", "{}");


        emailAnnotation.addAnnotationElement("String message() default \"wrong email address\"");


        emailAnnotation.addAnnotationElement("Class<?>[] groups() default {}");


        emailAnnotation.addAnnotationElement("Class<? extends Payload>[] payload() default {}");


        // I was expecting to have a method like that so I could add annotation inside another one
        // emailAnnotation.addAnnotationElement(emailAnnotation);
        
        System.out.println(emailAnnotation);


    }
 

}