Java 5 annotations

IBM® Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody® for Java™ developers supports the concept of the Java 5 annotation through modeling and code generation. Java users can use Java annotations to model and generate code for all key Java 5 concepts. You can create annotations within the Rhapsody environment and then generate the annotations within the generated code.

Note the following possible uses for Java annotations:

• They provide data about the program but do not affect the program itself.
• They can be used by:
  • compilers
  • documentation tools
  • code analysis tools
  • deployment tools
  • run-time analysis tools
• They can be applied on any program element (for example, class, field, method, enum, and so on).

To add a JavaAnnotation to a model element, you must do the following general steps:

1. Create a JavaAnnotation type; see Creating a JavaAnnotation type.
2. Add the JavaAnnotation and assign values to the elements of the annotation; see Using a JavaAnnotation type.
3. Add the annotation to one or more Java model elements using a dependency with a AnnotationUsage relationship; see Using a JavaAnnotation within a model.