Define the functionality for controlling the annotation references for the modules of Servlet 2.5 or later in web.xml. Note that for EJB 3.0 or later, you can only specify false in the metadata-complete attribute of the <ejb-jar> tag.

The following table describes the definition of the functionality for controlling the annotation references in the DD.

Table 12-13 Definition of the functionality for controlling the annotation references in the DD

Items	DD types	Specified tags and attributes	Settings
Servlet 2.5 or later	web.xml	metadata-complete attribute of the <web-app> tag	Specify true to control the annotation reference. Specify false to reference the annotations.
EJB 3.0 or later	ejb-jar.xml	metadata-complete attribute of the <ejb-jar> tag	Specify false to reference the annotations.

An example of settings is as follows:

Example of settings (for Servlet 2.5)

<web-app metadata-complete="true" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" version="2.5"> : </web-app>

The text in bold is the setting for the functionality for controlling the annotation references.

If the metadata-complete attribute of the DD is not specified and if the DD is also omitted, the operation is the same as when false is specified in the metadata-complete attribute.