Can I generate a compile time error based on the type of the field being Annotated

Question

I have written a java annotation that looks like this:

@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.FIELD)  // can I further limit this to only fields         


        

Answer 1

I believe that this is not enforcable at compile-time - If you want to ensure that it is not on any inappropriate fields, you would have to check at run/load-time.