Module java.base
Package java.lang.annotation
Provides library support for the Java programming language
annotation facility.
- Since:
- 1.5
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Interface Summary Interface Description Annotation The common interface extended by all annotation types. -
Enum Summary Enum Description ElementType The constants of this enumerated type provide a simple classification of the syntactic locations where annotations may appear in a Java program.RetentionPolicy Annotation retention policy. -
Exception Summary Exception Description AnnotationTypeMismatchException Thrown to indicate that a program has attempted to access an element of an annotation whose type has changed after the annotation was compiled (or serialized).IncompleteAnnotationException Thrown to indicate that a program has attempted to access an element of an annotation type that was added to the annotation type definition after the annotation was compiled (or serialized). -
Error Summary Error Description AnnotationFormatError Thrown when the annotation parser attempts to read an annotation from a class file and determines that the annotation is malformed. -
Annotation Types Summary Annotation Type Description Documented If the annotation@Documentedis present on the declaration of an annotation type A, then any@Aannotation on an element is considered part of the element's public contract.Inherited Indicates that an annotation type is automatically inherited.Native Indicates that a field defining a constant value may be referenced from native code.Repeatable The annotation typejava.lang.annotation.Repeatableis used to indicate that the annotation type whose declaration it (meta-)annotates is repeatable.Retention Indicates how long annotations with the annotated type are to be retained.Target Indicates the contexts in which an annotation type is applicable.