Java.Lang.Annotation Namespace

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Classes

AnnotationFormatError	Thrown when the annotation parser attempts to read an annotation from a class file and determines that the annotation is malformed.
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).
Documented	If the annotation `@Documented` is present on the declaration of an annotation type A, then any `@A` annotation on an element is considered part of the element's public contract.
DocumentedAttribute
ElementType	The constants of this enumerated type provide a simple classification of the syntactic locations where annotations may appear in a Java program.
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).
Inherited	Indicates that an annotation type is automatically inherited.
InheritedAttribute
NativeAttribute
RepeatableAttribute
Retention	Indicates how long annotations with the annotated type are to be retained.
RetentionAttribute
RetentionPolicy	Annotation retention policy.
Target	Indicates the contexts in which an annotation type is applicable.
TargetAttribute

Interfaces

IAnnotation	The common interface extended by all annotation types.
IDocumented	If the annotation `@Documented` is present on the declaration of an annotation type A, then any `@A` annotation on an element is considered part of the element's public contract.
IInherited	Indicates that an annotation type is automatically inherited.
INative	Indicates that a field defining a constant value may be referenced from native code.
IRepeatable	The annotation type `java.lang.annotation.Repeatable` is used to indicate that the annotation type whose declaration it (meta-)annotates is <em>repeatable</em>.
IRetention	Indicates how long annotations with the annotated type are to be retained.
ITarget	Indicates the contexts in which an annotation type is applicable.