Module java.base
Package java.lang.annotation
Provides library support for the Java programming language annotation facility.
- Since:
- 1.5
Interface Summary Interface Description Annotation The common interface extended by all annotation types.Enum Summary 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 Summary 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 Summary Error Description AnnotationFormatError Thrown when the annotation parser attempts to read an annotation from a class file and determines that the annotation is malformed.Annotation Types Summary Annotation Type Description Documented If the annotation@Documentedis present on the declaration of an annotation type A, then any@Aannotation on an element is considered part of the element's public contract.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 typejava.lang.annotation.Repeatableis 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.