Override (Java 2 Platform SE 5.0) (original) (raw)

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Annotation Type Override

@Target(value=METHOD) @Retention(value=SOURCE) public @interface Override

Indicates that a method declaration is intended to override a method declaration in a superclass. If a method is annotated with this annotation type but does not override a superclass method, compilers are required to generate an error message.

Since:

1.5

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