Why there is no @Implements annotation in Java?

Question

I have found the @Override annotation very much helpful while overriding some super class methods in my derived classes. Basically the compiler detects the flaw

Answer 1

Because you use @Override for methods defined by interfaces as well.

(Yes, you're "implementing" rather than "overriding" ... but @Override is used for both)

Answer 2

Since Java 6 you can use @Override on class methods implementing methods defined in interfaces

Answer 3

To implement an interface we use implements and if any method exists in that interface then we override those methods to provide an implementation.

So there is only @Override annotation because in both cases (class or interface) we always override.

Answer 4

To implement an interface the keyword already exists: implements. but for override, no such keyword existed. @Override is not a keyword but works similar.