Actually I'm pretty sure Java does have limited meta-annotation support. Look
at how Seam implements its DataBinding mechanism.
| @Target(ANNOTATION_TYPE)
| @Retention(RUNTIME)
| @Documented
| public @interface DataBinderClass
| {
| Class<? extends DataBinder> value();
| }
Then in whatever your databinder annotation is
| @Target({FIELD, METHOD})
| @Retention(RUNTIME)
| @Documented
| @DataBinderClass(SelectItemsBinder.class)
| public @interface SelectItems
| {...
Code that looks for @DataBinderClass annotated elements will also find elements
annotated with @SelectItems. This is all pretty static, so you won't have the
nice macro effect that you're looking for, but could have your own @SeamSLSB
annotation that encapsulates some boilerplate code (including imports). I
haven't tried this with any annotation other than @DataBinderClass, and it has
a @Target(ANNOTATION_TYPE). It's possible that other Seam annotations may also
work those with @Target(TYPE), it's possible things may fail. Good luck.
I hope this is useful.
-Jim
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