default values in an annotation.
import java.lang.annotation.Retention; import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy; import java.lang.reflect.Method; @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) @interface MyAnno { String str() default "Testing"; int val() default 9000; } class Meta3 { @MyAnno() public static void myMeth() { Meta3 ob = new Meta3(); try { Class c = ob.getClass(); Method m = c.getMethod("myMeth"); MyAnno anno = m.getAnnotation(MyAnno.class); System.out.println(anno.str() + " " + anno.val()); } catch (NoSuchMethodException exc) { System.out.println("Method Not Found."); } } public static void main(String args[]) { myMeth(); } }