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java.lang.annotation
Interfaces
| Annotation |
The common interface extended by all annotation interfaces.
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Exceptions
| AnnotationFormatError |
Thrown when the annotation parser attempts to read an annotation from a class file and determines that the annotation is malformed.
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| 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).
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| 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).
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Annotations
| 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.
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| Inherited |
Indicates that an annotation interface is automatically inherited.
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| Native |
Indicates that a field defining a constant value may be referenced from native code.
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| Repeatable |
The annotation interface java.lang.annotation.Repeatable is used to indicate that the annotation interface whose declaration it (meta-)annotates is repeatable.
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| Retention |
Indicates how long annotations with the annotated interface are to be retained.
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| Target |
Indicates the contexts in which an annotation interface is applicable.
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Enums
| ElementType |
The constants of this enumerated class provide a simple classification of the syntactic locations where annotations may appear in a Java program.
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| RetentionPolicy |
Annotation retention policy.
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Last updated 2025-02-10 UTC.
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