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    AJ Program Explaination

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    Debugged Program:

    import java.lang.annotation.*;
    import java.lang.re ect.*;

    // De ne the annotation
    @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
    @interface myAnno {
    String str();
    int val();
    }

    // Class that uses the annotation


    class Meta {
    // Annotate the method
    @myAnno(str = "This is the main method", val = 100)
    public static void myMeth() {
    System.out.println("Default value is " + 100);
    Meta ob = new Meta();
    try {
    Class<?> c = ob.getClass(); // Use Class<?> instead of raw type Class
    Method m = c.getMethod("myMeth");
    myAnno anno = m.getAnnotation(myAnno.class); // Use the correct
    annotation name
    System.out.println(anno.str() + " " + anno.val()); // Add a space for better
    formatting
    } catch (NoSuchMethodException | SecurityException e) { // Handle
    exceptions properly
    e.printStackTrace();
    }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {


    myMeth();
    }
    }
    fi
    fl
    General Overview

    This Java program demonstrates how to de ne and use custom annotations,


    and how to use re ection to access these annotations at runtime.

    1. De ne a Custom Annotation: A special kind of marker that can be added


    to classes, methods, or other program elements to provide metadata.
    2. Apply the Annotation to a Method: Mark a method with the custom
    annotation and provide speci c values for its elements.
    3. Use Re ection to Read the Annotation: Retrieve and print the annotation
    values during the program's execution.

    Working

    • @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME): This tells Java that our annotation


    should be available when the program is running, not just when we're
    writing the code.
    • @interface myAnno: This is how we de ne our custom annotation named
    myAnno.
    • String str() and int val(): These are the two pieces of information our
    annotation will hold – a text message (str) and a number (val).

    We attach our custom annotation myAnno to a method called myMeth in the


    Meta class. We ll in the annotation with a message and a number.

    @myAnno(str = "This is the main method", val = 100): This annotation is


    attached to the myMeth method with the message "This is the main method"
    and the number 100.

    Re ection :
    Re ection is like a tool that lets us look at the code and its annotations while the
    program is running.

    • Create an Object: Meta ob = new Meta(); creates an instance of the Meta


    class.
    • Get Class Object: Class<?> c = ob.getClass(); gets the Class object
    representing the Meta class.
    • Get Method: Method m = c.getMethod("myMeth"); retrieves the myMeth
    method.
    • Get Annotation: myAnno anno = m.getAnnotation(myAnno.class); retrieves
    the myAnno annotation from the myMeth method.
    fl
    fi
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    • Print Values: System.out.println(anno.str() + " " + anno.val()); prints the
    values from the annotation.

    Output :

    Default value is 100


    This is the main method 100

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