Annotations and Annotation Processing: What's New in JDK 8?

JDK 8 will include new features for annotations and annotation processing. This session demonstrates these new features, focusing on repeated annotations and the new core reflection-based implementation of the javax.lang.model.

Support for repeated annotations is being included in JDK 8. This will enable you to write code annotated with multiple instances of the same annotation type. Attend this session to see how this can help you write simpler, cleaner code.

JDK 8 will provide a new reflection-based back end to the javax.lang.model. This will give you access to a unified, mirror-based, easy-to-use introspection API for a runtime-based view of your code. Learn how to use this new back end for runtime processing of code, including annotations.

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