Java annotation

public class Animal {
    public void speak() {
    }

    public String getType() {
        return "Generic animal";
    }
}

public class Cat extends Animal {
    @Override
    public void speak() { // This is a good override.
        System.out.println("Meow.");
    }

    @Override
    public String gettype() { // Compile-time error due to typo: should be getType() not gettype().
        return "Cat";
    }
}

  // @Twizzle is an annotation to method toggle().
  @Twizzle
  public void toggle() {
  }

  // Declares the annotation Twizzle.
  public @interface Twizzle {
  }

  // Same as: @Edible(value = true)
  @Edible(true)
  Item item = new Carrot();

  public @interface Edible {
      boolean value() default false;
  }

  @Author(first = "Oompah", last = "Loompah")
  Book book = new Book();

  public @interface Author {
      String first();
      String last();
  }

  @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) // Make this annotation accessible at runtime via reflection.
  @Target({ElementType.METHOD})       // This annotation can only be applied to class methods.
  public @interface Tweezable {
  }

@Entity                                             // Declares this an entity bean
@Table(name = "people")                             // Maps the bean to SQL table "people"
public class Person implements Serializable {
    @Id                                             // Map this to the primary key column.
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO) // Database will generate new primary keys, not us.
    private Integer id;

    @Column(length = 32)                            // Truncate column values to 32 characters.
    private String name;

    public Integer getId() {
        return id;
    }

    public void setId(Integer id) {
        this.id = id;
    }

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    public void setName(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }
}

package com.annotation;

import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Inherited;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

@Documented
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target({ElementType.TYPE,ElementType.METHOD,
         ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR,ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE,
         ElementType.PACKAGE,ElementType.FIELD,ElementType.LOCAL_VARIABLE})
@Inherited

public @interface Unfinished {
    public enum Priority { LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH }
    String value();
    String[] changedBy() default "";
    String[] lastChangedBy() default "";
    Priority priority() default Priority.MEDIUM;
    String createdBy() default "James Gosling";
    String lastChanged() default "2011-07-08";
}

package com.annotation;

public @interface UnderConstruction {
    String owner() default "Patrick Naughton";
    String value() default "Object is Under Construction.";
    String createdBy() default "Mike Sheridan";
    String lastChanged() default "2011-07-08";
}

package com.validators;

import javax.faces.application.FacesMessage;
import javax.faces.component.UIComponent;
import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;
import javax.faces.validator.Validator;
import javax.faces.validator.ValidatorException;

import com.annotation.UnderConstruction;
import com.annotation.Unfinished;
import com.annotation.Unfinished.Priority;
import com.util.Util;

@UnderConstruction(owner="Jon Doe")
public class DateValidator implements Validator {
	
    public void validate(FacesContext context, UIComponent component, Object value)
        throws ValidatorException {
        String date = (String) value;
        String errorLabel = "Please enter a valid date.";
        if (!component.getAttributes().isEmpty()) {
            errorLabel = (String) component.getAttributes().get("errordisplayval");
        }

        if (!Util.validateAGivenDate(date)) {
            @Unfinished(changedBy = "Steve",
                value = "whether to add message to context or not, confirm",
                priority = Priority.HIGH
            )
            FacesMessage message = new FacesMessage();
            message.setSeverity(FacesMessage.SEVERITY_ERROR);
            message.setSummary(errorLabel);
            message.setDetail(errorLabel);
            throw new ValidatorException(message);
        }
    }
}