Creating a New Annotation Type

You can create new annotation types to attach to your objects.

1. Create a class and then double-click it to access its property sheet.
2. On the General tab, in the Stereotype list:

   • For Java 5.0 - select AnnotationType

   • For .NET 2.0 - select AttributeType

3. Click the Attributes tab, and add an attribute for each parameter accepted by the annotation type.
   
   
   
4. [optional] Click the Preview tab to review the code to be generated for the annotation type:
   
   
   
5. Click OK to return to the diagram. The annotation type will be represented as follows: