Annotation Processing Tool (apt) - JDK 5 Documentation v1.5.0, Java 2 SDK 英文文档

Annotation Processing Tool (apt)

apt is a command-line utility for annotation processing. It includes a set of reflective APIs and supporting infrastructure to process program annotations (JSR 175). These reflective APIs provide a build-time, source-based, read-only view of program structure. They are designed to cleanly model the Java^TM programming language's type system after the addition of generics (JSR 14).
apt first runs annotation processors that can produce new source code and other files. Next, apt can cause compilation of both original and generated source files, thus easing the development cycle.

Reference Pages

Getting Started with apt
apt Tool Reference Page

API Specification

Mirror API