See: Description
| Interface | Description |
|---|---|
| Annotation |
The common interface extended by all annotation types.
|
| Enum | Description |
|---|---|
| ElementType |
The constants of this enumerated type provide a simple classification of the
syntactic locations where annotations may appear in a Java program.
|
| RetentionPolicy |
Annotation retention policy.
|
| Exception | Description |
|---|---|
| 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).
|
| IncompleteAnnotationException |
Thrown to indicate that a program has attempted to access an element of
an annotation type that was added to the annotation type definition after
the annotation was compiled (or serialized).
|
| Error | Description |
|---|---|
| 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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| Annotation Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Documented |
Indicates that annotations with a type are to be documented by javadoc
and similar tools by default.
|
| Inherited |
Indicates that an annotation type is automatically inherited.
|
| Native |
Indicates that a field defining a constant value may be referenced
from native code.
|
| Repeatable |
The annotation type
java.lang.annotation.Repeatable is
used to indicate that the annotation type whose declaration it
(meta-)annotates is repeatable. |
| Retention |
Indicates how long annotations with the annotated type are to
be retained.
|
| Target |
Indicates the contexts in which an annotation type is applicable.
|
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