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 @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.
    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.