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The "@" annotation allows the programmer to avoide avoid writing a lot of boilerplate code. For example, @Webservice is a shorthand notation that says this code class is a Web Service. When processed by a processor Tools that understands the notation, such as, the apt tool in Java 1.5 , much of will automatically generate the Web service artifacts are automatically generated for the programmer, including the WSDL file. This annotation is described in JSR 181.

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