Remove dependency to javax.annotation-api.

etc/assertj-templates/assertion_class_template.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package ${package};
+${imports}
+/**
+ * {@link ${class_to_assert}} specific assertions - Generated by CustomAssertionGenerator.
+ */
+@edu.hm.hafner.util.Generated(value="assertj-assertions-generator")
+public class ${custom_assertion_class} extends AbstractObjectAssert<${custom_assertion_class}, ${class_to_assert}> {
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a new <code>{@link ${custom_assertion_class}}</code> to make assertions on actual ${class_to_assert}.
+   * @param actual the ${class_to_assert} we want to make assertions on.
+   */
+  public ${custom_assertion_class}(${class_to_assert} actual) {
+    super(actual, ${custom_assertion_class}.class);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * An entry point for ${custom_assertion_class} to follow AssertJ standard <code>assertThat()</code> statements.<br>
+   * With a static import, one can write directly: <code>assertThat(my${class_to_assert})</code> and get specific assertion with code completion.
+   * @param actual the ${class_to_assert} we want to make assertions on.
+   * @return a new <code>{@link ${custom_assertion_class}}</code>
+   */
+  @org.assertj.core.util.CheckReturnValue
+  public static ${custom_assertion_class} assertThat(${class_to_assert} actual) {
+    return new ${custom_assertion_class}(actual);
+  }

etc/assertj-templates/assertions_entry_point_class_template.txt

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ package ${package};
  * type-specific assertion objects.
  */
 @edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressFBWarnings("NM")
-@javax.annotation.Generated(value="assertj-assertions-generator")
+@edu.hm.hafner.util.Generated(value="assertj-assertions-generator")
 public class Assertions extends org.assertj.core.api.Assertions {
 ${all_assertions_entry_points}
   /**

etc/assertj-templates/soft_assertions_entry_point_class_template.txt

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ package ${package};
  * Entry point for soft assertions of different data types.
  */
 @edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressFBWarnings("NM")
-@javax.annotation.Generated(value="assertj-assertions-generator")
+@edu.hm.hafner.util.Generated(value="assertj-assertions-generator")
 public class SoftAssertions extends org.assertj.core.api.AutoCloseableSoftAssertions {
 ${all_assertions_entry_points}
 }

pom.xml

@@ -136,11 +136,6 @@
   </dependencyManagement>
 
   <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
-      <artifactId>javax.annotation-api</artifactId>
-      <version>${javax.annotation-api.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
       <artifactId>spotbugs-annotations</artifactId>
@@ -487,6 +482,7 @@
             <assertionsEntryPointClass>assertions_entry_point_class_template.txt</assertionsEntryPointClass>
             <softEntryPointAssertionClass>soft_assertions_entry_point_class_template.txt</softEntryPointAssertionClass>
             <objectAssertion>has_assertion_template.txt</objectAssertion>
+            <assertionClass>assertion_class_template.txt</assertionClass>
           </templates>
           <packages>
             <package>edu.hm.hafner.util</package>

src/main/java/edu/hm/hafner/util/Generated.java

@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 
 /**
  * This annotation is used to mark source code that has been generated or is somehow not relevant for style checking or
- * code coverage analysis. This annotation is quite similar to the annotation @{@link javax.annotation.Generated}. The
- * main difference is that it has class retention on so is available for tools that work on the bytecode (like JaCoCo,
+ * code coverage analysis. It is quite similar to the {@code javax.annotation.Generated} annotation. The
+ * main difference is that it has class retention on so is available for tools that work on bytecode (like JaCoCo,
  * PIT, or SpotBugs).
  */
 @Retention(CLASS)