Passing String to annotation in Java

Question

I come up with a idea that passing a String literal to annotation. Is it possible in Java 8/9? If not, in what circumstances could it be needed? How can it be applied otherwise?

For example:

final String test = "literal";

@Component(test)
// .
// .

user268396 · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-17 18:46:02Z

5

It has to be compile time constant. A public static final String will work, a merely final one won't (the enclosing scope/class means it's not compile time constant).

See also this Q/A: Compile time constants and variables

answered Feb 17, 2018 at 18:46

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