java.lang.annotation
Interfaces
Annotation |
The common interface extended by all annotation interfaces. |
Exceptions
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). |
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). |
Annotations
Documented |
If the annotation |
Inherited |
Indicates that an annotation interface is automatically inherited. |
Native |
Indicates that a field defining a constant value may be referenced from native code. |
Repeatable |
The annotation interface |
Retention |
Indicates how long annotations with the annotated interface are to be retained. |
Target |
Indicates the contexts in which an annotation interface is applicable. |
Enums
ElementType |
The constants of this enumerated class provide a simple classification of the syntactic locations where annotations may appear in a Java program. |
RetentionPolicy |
Annotation retention policy. |