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

java.lang.annotation

Annotation Type Retention

@Documented @Retention(value=RUNTIME) @Target(value=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 Target meta-annotation has effect only if the meta-annotated type is use 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

Required Element Summary
RetentionPolicy	value

Element Detail

value

public abstract RetentionPolicy value

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