Recommended placement of type annotations

[Michael Ernst]

I agree with this suggestion.  Thanks, Markus.

                    -Mike


> Subject: Recommended placement of type annotations
> From: Markus Keller <markus_keller at ch.ibm.com>
> To: type-annotations-spec-comments at openjdk.java.net
> Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 17:59:40 +0100
> 
> java-se-8-jls-fr-diffs.pdf says in 9.7.4: "It is customary, though not 
> required, to place annotations before all other modifiers."
> But that's not the tradition for type annotations.
> 
> The java-annotation-design.html said: "It is strongly recommended that 
> type annotations be written immediately before the type, after declaration 
> annotations and modifiers."
> 
> A more useful recommendation to alleviate the grammar problems is this:
> => "It is strongly recommended that declaration annotations be written 
> before all other modifiers, and type annotations immediately before the 
> type they apply to."
> 
> Regard,
> Markus