Objective To better understand this effect, this paper systematically investigates the
relationship between code annotations and code readability. Method In a survey with …

In this paper we examine source code annotations from the viewpoint of formal languages-
we discuss their abstract syntax, concrete syntax, and semantics, thus showing the …

Code annotation is a language feature that enables the introduction of custom metadata on
programming elements. In Java, this feature was introduced on version 5, and today it is …

Metadata-based frameworks enable behavior adaptation through the configuration of
custom metadata in application classes. Most of the current frameworks used in the industry …

As increasingly more applications are deployed in vehicles, how to provide the demanded
computational capability becomes crucial. This paper proposes the hybrid vehicular cloud …

Abstract Dynamic Geometry Software (DGS) are widely accepted as tools for creating and
presenting visually rich interactive teaching and learning materials, called dynamic …

The usage of metadata-based frameworks is becoming popular for some kinds of software,
such as web and enterprise applications. They use domain-specific metadata, usually …

Currently, the most commonly created formal languages are configuration languages. So far
source code annotations and XML are the leading notations for configuration languages. In …

Code annotations are the core of the main APIs and frameworks for enterprise development,
and are widely used on several applications. However, despite these APIs and frameworks …

With the introduction of code annotations in popular languages like Java and C#, several
frameworks and platforms adopted a metadatabased API (Application Programming …