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module java.base

Package java.lang.annotation

Provides library support for the Java programming language annotation facility.

Author: Josh Bloch
Since: 1.5

Interface Summary

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
public interface	Annotation The common interface extended by all annotation interfaces.

Annotation Summary

Modifier and Type	Annotation and Description
public @interface	Documented If the annotation `@Documented` is present on the declaration of an annotation interface A, then any `@A` annotation on an element is considered part of the element's public contract.
public @interface	Inherited Indicates that an annotation interface is automatically inherited.
public @interface	Native Indicates that a field defining a constant value may be referenced from native code.
public @interface	Repeatable The annotation interface `java.lang.annotation.Repeatable` is used to indicate that the annotation interface whose declaration it (meta-)annotates is repeatable.
public @interface	Retention Indicates how long annotations with the annotated interface are to be retained.
public @interface	Target Indicates the contexts in which an annotation interface is applicable.

Class Summary

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
public class	AnnotationFormatError Thrown when the annotation parser attempts to read an annotation from a class file and determines that the annotation is malformed.
public class	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).
public class	IncompleteAnnotationException Thrown to indicate that a program has attempted to access an element of an annotation interface that was added to the annotation interface definition after the annotation was compiled (or serialized).

Enum Summary

Modifier and Type	Enum and Description
public enum	ElementType The constants of this enumerated class provide a simple classification of the syntactic locations where annotations may appear in a Java program.
public enum	RetentionPolicy Annotation retention policy.