Annotation Type Generated

@Documented
@Retention(SOURCE)
@Target({PACKAGE,TYPE,METHOD,CONSTRUCTOR,FIELD,LOCAL_VARIABLE,PARAMETER})
public @interface Generated

The Generated annotation is used to mark source code that has been generated. It can also be used to differentiate user written code from generated code in a single file.

Examples:

@Generated("com.example.Generator")
@Generated(value="com.example.Generator", date= "2017-07-04T12:08:56.235-0700")
@Generated(value="com.example.Generator", date= "2017-07-04T12:08:56.235-0700",
      comments= "comment 1")
Since:
9

Required Element Summary

Required Elements
Modifier and Type Required Element Description
String[] value

The value element MUST have the name of the code generator.

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements
Modifier and Type Optional Element Description
String comments

A place holder for any comments that the code generator may want to include in the generated code.

String date

Date when the source was generated.

Element Detail

value

String[] value

The value element MUST have the name of the code generator. The name is the fully qualified name of the code generator.

Returns:
The name of the code generator

date

String date

Date when the source was generated. The date element must follow the ISO 8601 standard. For example the date element would have the following value 2017-07-04T12:08:56.235-0700 which represents 2017-07-04 12:08:56 local time in the U.S. Pacific Time time zone.

Returns:
The date the source was generated
Default:
""

comments

String comments

A place holder for any comments that the code generator may want to include in the generated code.

Returns:
Comments that the code generated included
Default:
""