[bv-dev] JavaEE Platform Annotation rules.

[Emmanuel Bernard]

Interesting, I guess will will end up in the exceptions section in a couple of cases (and already are). These are for good reasons though, so I'm not overly concerned.

Emmanuel

On 10 févr. 2012, at 15:20, Edward Burns wrote:

> Hello Experts,
> 
> The discussion in this list about annotation inheritance and method
> level validation reminded me of this collection of rules to that effect,
> so, here they are.
> 
> I want to bring to your attention this document from JavaEE platform
> architect Bill Shannon about annotations.
> 
> From: Bill Shannon
> 
> B> I've written up a set of "meta-rules" for annotations, that is,
> B> rules for how annotations should be defined to work.  These rules
> B> collect together information that is in some of our specs while
> B> also providing some of the design principles we had in mind when
> B> we first started using annotations.
> 
> B> Of course, there's also a bunch of exceptions and special cases
> B> that I've tried to document.
> 
> B> http://java.net/projects/javaee-spec/pages/AnnotationRules
> 
> B> Your feedback is encouraged, either privately or on the list.
> B> Feel free to forward this message to other experts and expert groups.
> 
> Ed
> 
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