RetentionPolicy
class RetentionPolicy
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| ↳ | kotlin.Enum<java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy> | |
| ↳ | java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy | |
Annotation retention policy. The constants of this enumerated class describe the various policies for retaining annotations. They are used in conjunction with the Retention meta-annotation interface to specify how long annotations are to be retained.
Summary
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Annotations are to be recorded in the class file by the compiler but need not be retained by the VM at run time. |
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Annotations are to be recorded in the class file by the compiler and retained by the VM at run time, so they may be read reflectively. |
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Annotations are to be discarded by the compiler. |
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Enum values
CLASS
enum val CLASS : RetentionPolicy
Annotations are to be recorded in the class file by the compiler but need not be retained by the VM at run time. This is the default behavior.
RUNTIME
enum val RUNTIME : RetentionPolicy
Annotations are to be recorded in the class file by the compiler and retained by the VM at run time, so they may be read reflectively.
See Also
SOURCE
enum val SOURCE : RetentionPolicy
Annotations are to be discarded by the compiler.