public @interface MyAnnotation { String value() default ""; int count() default 0; } public class MyAnnotationProcessor extends AbstractProcessor { @Override public boolean process(Set<? extends TypeElement> annotations, RoundEnvironment roundEnv) { for (Element element : roundEnv.getElementsAnnotatedWith(MyAnnotation.class)) { // ... } return true; } } META-INF/services/javax.annotation.processing.Processor com.example.MyAnnotationProcessor