How to Add Annotations

In many places in java, annotations are necessary. One common use case for Entity objects is using annotations for JSON serialization.

In its simplest form, it looks like this:

note.addStringProperty("text").notNull().addSetterAnnotation(new Annotation("test5", "key1", "value1"));

You can also add annotations to entities

note.addAnnotation(new Annotation("Test"));
note.addAnnotation(new Annotation("Test2", "singleValueeee"));
note.addAnnotation(new Annotation("Test3", "key1", "5", "key2","\"value2\""));
note.addAnnotation(new Annotation("Test4", "key1", null, "key2","\"value2\""));

Generated code will look like this: (complete sample: NoteBase )

@Test( key1 = value1 )
public void setDate(java.util.Date date) {
    this.date = date;
}

If you have annotations that you use a lot (e.g. JSONProperty) it is best to subclass Annotation to make code generation cleaner.

private static class JSonProperty extends Annotation {
    public JSonProperty(String param) {
        super("JsonProperty", "\"" + param + "\"");
    }
    @Override
    public String getPackage() {
        return "org.codehaus.jackson.annotate.*";
    }
}

Than you can use it as follows:

foo.addStringProperty("fooBar").addSetterGetterAnnotation(new JSonProperty("foo_bar"));