Annotations

Official Documentation

• Java Guide: Annotations

Online Articles

• JavaWorld: Taming Tiger, Part 3: Decorate your code with Java annotations
• IBM DeveloperWorks: Annotations in Tiger, Part 1: Add metadata to Java code
• IBM DeveloperWorks: Annotations in Tiger, Part 2: Custom annotations
• Oracle Java Developer Center: Making the Most of Java's Metadata

Javalobby:

• Annotations: Utilizing the Standard Annotations
• Annotations: Evolving an Annotation - Part 1
• Annotations: Evolving an Annotation - Part 2
• Annotations: Finding Annotations at Runtime

Application of Annotations: EJB

• JavaWorld: Simplify enterprise Java development with EJB 3.0, Part 1
• JavaWorld: Simplify enterprise Java development with EJB 3.0, Part 2
• Java.net: What's New in EJB 3.0

Annotation Processing

Official Documentation

• Java Guide: Getting Started with the Annotation Processing Tool
• JSR 269: Pluggable Annotation Processing API
• JSR 199: Java Compiler API

Online Articles

JavaLobby:

• APT: Compile-Time Annotation Processing with Java
• APT: More Compile-Time Annotation Processing with Java
• APT: Even More Compile-Time Annotation Processing with Java

Presentations

JavaOne 2005:

• Sun Microsystems. Annotation Processing for the Java Programming Language
• Chariot Solutions. Usage of apt : How and When To Use the Annotation Processing Tool

Blog Entries

• Josep D. Darcy. Writing your first annotation processor

Discussions

• Lambda the Ultimate: Sun ships "extensible" Java compiler?
• Sun Forums: Deprecate Javac
• The Serverside: New JSR 269: Pluggable Annotation Processing API