What does eta @ symbol mean in Java language?

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I am watching a tutorial on Java and there is @ symbol. What does it mean? It looks so much like a comment /* */ or this one // Maybe it is a tag?

Thank you, I could not find it anywhere googling @ eta in Java — vytaute, Dec 18 '20 at 12:44

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 18 '20 at 12:46

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The @ symbol is a Java Annotation. What a Java annotation does, is that it adds a special attribute to the variable, method, class, interface, or other language elements.

answered Dec 18 '20 at 12:46

Jacopo Mosconi

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I think because there is another question like this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31822020/in-java-what-does-the-symbol-mean?noredirect=1&lq=1 – Jacopo Mosconi Dec 18 '20 at 12:52

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The "@" symbol is called an Annotation. You can take a look at these links here and they'll give you some good info in them:

https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/annotations/

http://tutorials.jenkov.com/java/annotations.html

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Daniel

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What does eta @ symbol mean in Java language?

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