Project: JDT
Bug 236850 [misc] Show Java Annotations in the Javadoc hover and view
Reported: 2008-06-12 08:33:12 | Status: verified fixed

I would like there to be a way to get eclipse to display annotations (that the required retention policy) to be visible in package explorer, in the outline and text editor as a pop up the way the javadoc comments are seen. Since annotations can be reflected I don't see why eclipse does not have an option to display them the way it can display javadoc comments. This would allow developers to communicate infromation through annotations.

Files changed in fix:
org.eclipse.jdt.ui/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/ui/infoviews/JavadocView.java org.eclipse.jdt.ui/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/ui/text/java/hover/JavadocHover.java org.eclipse.jdt.ui/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/ui/viewsupport/JavaElementLinks.java