Not sure what you're looking for other than the obvious. It suppresses warnings about the variable not being used. Take care, Sina ________________________________ From: program-java-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:program-java-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Corbett, James Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 9:52 AM To: 'program-java@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [program-java] Java: Annotations Hey now: I use Annotations in my EJB projects but I've come across this reference in a plain old project "@SuppressWarnings("unused". What does this really mean aside from the obvious. Snippet to follow. MessageBox dialog = new MessageBox(shell, SWT.ICON_WARNING | SWT.OK); dialog.setText(shell.getText()); @SuppressWarnings("unused") boolean resetFocus = false; dialog.setMessage(fiResourceBundle .getResourceString("partD.checkInputPartD")); dialog.open(); Many thanks. Jim James M. Corbett Programmer / Analyst | Canada Revenue Agency | Agence du revenue du Canada 875 Heron Rd. Ottawa, On. K1A0L5 James.Corbett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Telephone | Téléphone: (613) 941-1338 Facsimile | Télécopieur: (613) 941-2261 Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada