The @ symbol in java

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What exactly does @Object.field do? I was reading some code that i fetched from a decompiler. It uses

@Object.name(field = "stuff",field = "stuff")
public static Object fieldName;

Refer to [Lesson: Annotations](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/annotations/). — Luiggi Mendoza, Oct 23 '13 at 19:52
I am pretty sure the above is not syntacticaly correct as multiple values for field ie array would be two curly braces. — Adam Gent, Oct 23 '13 at 20:09
`@` is the last refuge of scoundrels. (I'm pretty sure it says that in The Devils Dictionary.) — Hot Licks, Oct 23 '13 at 20:13

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 23 '13 at 19:53

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The @ symbol specifies the Annotation types. This represents some metadata associated to your code

The at sign character (@) indicates to the compiler that what follows is an annotation.

answered Oct 23 '13 at 19:53

Rahul Tripathi

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