Java annotations were designed for metadata. Spring uses them for dependency injection. Lombok uses them for code generation. JPA uses them for ORM mapping. We use them to write entire programs. This ...

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fluent-builder-parent/ ├── fluent-builder-annotations/ # Contains @FluentBuilder and other annotations ├── fluent-builder-processor/ # Annotation processor that generates builder code └── ...

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Before Spring introduced custom annotations, developers had to manage configurations like email validation using XML configuration files. The XML configuration would define beans, validators, and ...