Retention (Java SE 9 & JDK 9 ) (original) (raw)
@Documented
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Target(ANNOTATION_TYPE)
public @interface Retention
Indicates how long annotations with the annotated type are to be retained. If no Retention annotation is present on an annotation type declaration, the retention policy defaults toRetentionPolicy.CLASS.
A Retention meta-annotation has effect only if the meta-annotated type is used directly for annotation. It has no effect if the meta-annotated type is used as a member type in another annotation type.
Since:
1.5
See The Java™ Language Specification:
9.6.4.2 @Retention
Required Element Summary
Required Elements
Modifier and Type Required Element Description RetentionPolicy value Returns the retention policy. Element Detail
* #### value [RetentionPolicy](../../../java/lang/annotation/RetentionPolicy.html "enum in java.lang.annotation") value Returns the retention policy. Returns: the retention policy
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