Java.Lang.Annotation Namespace

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Provides library support for the Java programming language annotation facility.

Classes

Name	Description
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 interface A, then any `@A` annotation on an element is considered part of the element's public contract.
DocumentedAttribute	Marks an annotation as part of the public contract of the elements it annotates.
ElementType	The constants of this enumerated class 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 interface that was added to the annotation interface definition after the annotation was compiled (or serialized).
Inherited	Indicates that an annotation interface is automatically inherited.
InheritedAttribute	Marks an annotation interface as automatically inherited by subclasses.
NativeAttribute	Marks a constant field that may be referenced from native code.
RepeatableAttribute	Marks an annotation interface as repeatable.
Retention	Indicates how long annotations with the annotated interface are to be retained.
RetentionAttribute	Specifies how long annotations with the annotated interface are retained.
RetentionPolicy	Annotation retention policy.
Target	Indicates the contexts in which an annotation interface is applicable.
TargetAttribute	Specifies the contexts in which an annotation interface is applicable.

Interfaces

Name	Description
IAnnotation	The common interface extended by all annotation interfaces.
IDocumented	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.
IInherited	Indicates that an annotation interface is automatically inherited.
INative	Indicates that a field defining a constant value may be referenced from native code.
IRepeatable	The annotation interface `java.lang.annotation.Repeatable` is used to indicate that the annotation interface whose declaration it (meta-)annotates is <em>repeatable</em>.
IRetention	Indicates how long annotations with the annotated interface are to be retained.
ITarget	Indicates the contexts in which an annotation interface is applicable.