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Annotations are means of attaching metadata to code. To declare an annotation, put the annotation modifier in front of a class: annotation class Strippable Annotations can have meta-anotations: @Target(AnnotationTarget.CLASS, AnnotationTarget.FUNCTION, AnnotationTarget.VALUE_PARAMETER, A...

When declaring an annotation, meta-info can be included using the following meta-annotations: @Target: specifies the possible kinds of elements which can be annotated with the annotation (classes, functions, properties, expressions etc.) @Retention specifies whether the annotation is store...