<td>Yes </tr> <tr> <td>Can add attributes to nested classes <td>Yes </tr> <tr> <td>Can add attributes to methods and constructors <td>Yes </tr> <tr> <td>Can add attributes to return values of methods <td>Yes </tr> <tr> <td>Can add attributes to method parameters <td>Yes </tr> <tr> <td>Can add attributes to fields <td>Yes </tr> <tr> <td>Type safe attributes <td>Yes </tr> <tr> <td>Ability to restrict targets <td>Yes, add an appropriate @@Target() attribute. </tr> <tr> <td>Attribute inheritance <td>Yes, add the @@Inheritable() attribue to any attribute you wish to be inheritable. </tr> <tr> <td>Inheritance without access to superclass source code <td>Yes </tr> <tr> <td>Named parameters in attribute declaration <td>Yes, corresponds to setter methods. A Sealable interface enables the instance to become read-only when all relevant setters have been called.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ability to quickly find all classes with a specific attribute <td>Yes, via attribute indexes. </tr> <tr> <td>Object attributes don't have to be serializable <td>Yes </tr> <tr> <td>Multiple attributes with same tag on an element <td>Yes, this is controlled by the attribute itself </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"> Tools </th> </tr> <tr> <td>Ant task <td>Yes </tr> <tr> <td>Maven plugin <td>Yes </tr> <tr> <td>Javadoc Taglet <td>Yes (Note: Taglets only exist in Javadoc 1.4 and later) </tr> <tr> <td>Incremental compilation <td>Yes </tr> <tr> <td>Compile-time Validation <td>Yes </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"> Implementation </th> </tr> <tr> <td>Attribute storage <td>Generated classes </tr> <tr> <td>Runtime code size <td>36kB </tr> <tr> <td>Unit test coverage <td>Excellent </tr> </table> </section> </body> </document>

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The Commons Attributes index.xml source code

<?xml version="1.0"?>
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= you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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<document>

    <properties>
        <author email="commons-dev@jakarta.apache.org">Jakarta Commons Development Team
        <title>Overview
    </properties>

    <body>

        <section name="Overview">
            <p>
                Commons Attributes enables Java programmers to use C#/.Net-style
                attributes in their code.
            
                Please see the <a href="tutorial.html">tutorial and 
                <a href="reference.html">reference for a thorough explanation of the features
                and how the project integrates into the development process.
            </p>
        </section>

        <section name="News">
            <p>Please see the change log for summaries of code changes.

            <p>2006-08-03
            <ul>
                <li>Attributes 2.2 is released (release notes)
            </ul>
            
            <p>2004-08-15
            <ul>
                <li>Attributes 2.1 released!
            </ul>
 
            <p>2004-07-12
            <ul>
                <li>Attributes promoted out of sandbox to Commons proper.
            </ul>
        </section>
        
        <section name="Download and Installation">

            <subsection name="Full Distribution">
                <p>You can download the full Commons Attributes distribution here. 
            </subsection>
            
            <subsection name="Ant Users">
                <p>
                    Download the following files and put them in your <code>$ANT_HOME/lib directory:
                </p>
                
                <ul>
                    <li>
                        <p>Client API: commons-attributes-api-2.2.jar
                    </li>
                    <li>
                        <p>Ant task: commons-attributes-compiler-2.2.jar
                    </li>
                    <li>
                        <p>qDox 1.5: qdox-1.5.jar
                    </li>
                </ul>
            </subsection>
            
            <subsection name="Maven Users">
                
                <p>
                    Download the following files:
                </p>
                
            <ul>
                <li>
                    <p>Client API: commons-attributes-api-2.2.jar
                </li>
                <li>
                    <p>Ant task: commons-attributes-compiler-2.2.jar
                </li>
                <li>
                    <p>Maven plugin: commons-attributes-plugin-2.2.jar
                </li>
            </ul>
            
            <p>Drop the -api and -compiler jars into your ${maven repository}/commons-attributes/jars/
                    directory, and the Maven <code>-plugin in your ${maven home}/plugins/ directory. 
                    You can now use attributes in your Java code, provided that you declare a dependency on the client API:</p>
            
            <source>
    <groupId>commons-attributes
    <artifactId>commons-attributes-api
    <version>2.2
</dependency>]]>

            
            <p>The attribute compiler will act as a precompiler to the java:compile goal, so you do not need to do
                anything else.</p>
            </subsection>
        </section>
        
        <section name="A Quick Sample">
            
            <p>
                Commons Attributes enables you to add attributes to your code:
                </p>
            
                <source>
            
            <p>
                As the example shows, the attributes are type-safe and provides for validation
                of values.
            </p>
            
        </section>
        
        <section name="Features">
            
            <table>
                <tr>
                    <th colspan="2">
                        API
                    </th>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td>Can add attributes to classes

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