{"id":17260,"date":"2024-03-15T14:38:08","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T14:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-method-for-creating-custom-annotations-in-java\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T09:50:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T09:50:43","slug":"what-is-the-method-for-creating-custom-annotations-in-java","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-method-for-creating-custom-annotations-in-java\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the method for creating custom annotations in J&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Java, the method for creating custom annotations is as follows:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Definition<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-meta\">@interface<\/span> MyAnnotation {\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ \u6ce8\u89e3\u5143\u7d20<\/span>\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<ol>\n<li>Annotations can be applied to elements such as primitive data types, Strings, Classes, enum types, annotation types, or arrays of them.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-meta\">@interface<\/span> MyAnnotation {\r\n    String <span class=\"hljs-title function_\">value<\/span><span class=\"hljs-params\">()<\/span>; 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