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FindBugs Creator Proposes JSR-305 Annotations for Software Defect Detection
Bill Pugh, the creator of FindBugs, has submitted JSR-305 Annotations for Software Defect Detection to the Java Community Process. The JSR would attempt to develop a standard set of annotations that could assist defect detection tools. It is supported by parties such as Google, JetBrains, and Doug Lea.
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InfoQ Article: The Annotation Hammer
Venkat Subramanium takes a look at Java SE 5 Annotations. What they are, how to create them, and more importantly, how to use and not misuse them. "The right use of annotations" is a design concern that deserves due consideration in application development.
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Resource Injection in the Java EE platform Overview
One of the simplification features of Java EE 5 is the implementation of basic dependency injection to simplify web and EJB components. Annotations are used for injecting resources, services, and life-cycle notifications. A new tutorial on java.sun.com shows how to use annotations to do resource injection and we've summarized what can be injected and where.
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Article: Brasilian National Healthcare System
This casestudy takes a detailed look at the implementation and architecture behind the Brasilian National Healthcare System, a 2M line of code, truly mission critical Java application. Lessons learned, best practices, and details down to the interaction diagram are covered.