@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
 @Target(value=METHOD)
public @interface OverridesAttribute

Author:

Emmanuel Bernard

• Required Element Summary

  Required Elements

  Modifier and Type	Required Element and Description
  Class<? extends Annotation>	constraint
  String	name Name of the Constraint attribute overridden.

• Optional Element Summary

  Optional Elements

  Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
  int	constraintIndex The index of the targeted constraint declaration when using multiple constraints of the same type.

• Element Detail

  • constraint

    public abstract Class<? extends Annotation> constraint

    Returns:

    constraint type the attribute is overriding

• • name

    public abstract String name

    Name of the Constraint attribute overridden. Defaults to the name of the attribute hosting @OverridesAttribute.

    Returns:

    name of constraint attribute overridden

• • constraintIndex

    public abstract int constraintIndex

    The index of the targeted constraint declaration when using multiple constraints of the same type.

    The index represents the index of the constraint in the value() array.

    By default, no index is defined and the single constraint declaration is targeted.

    Returns:

    constraint declaration index if multivalued annotation is used

    Default:

    -1