When do you use Java"s @Override annotation and why?

What are the best practices for using Java's @Override annotation and why?

Java Getters and Setters

Is there a better standard way to create getters and setters in Java?

Multiple annotations of the same type on one element?

I'm attempting to slap two or more annotations of the same type on a single element, in this case, a method. Here's the approximate code that I'm working with:

Why are annotations under Android such a performance issue (slow)?

I'm the lead author of ORMLite which uses Java annotations on classes to build database schemas. A big startup performance problem for our package turns out to be the calling of annotation methods under Android 1.6. I see the same behavior up through 3.0.

How to auto insert Current DATE in SQL with Java / Hibernate

I need to add automatically the current date into my Database when I create a new OperantionBank. I'm using Hibernate. Thanks