Is it possible to have an custom annotation that do the same work as another annotation ?
For example if I write @MyCustomAnnotation like I have write @override !
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Is it possible to have an custom annotation that do the same work as another annotation ?
For example if I write @MyCustomAnnotation like I have write @override !
There’s definitely no support for inheritance with Annotations. See: Is there something like Annotation Inheritance in java?
So without that, unless some framework chose to provide extensibility around its annotation processing, you would have a lot of trouble achieving such an effect.