Java.Lang.Annotation Namespace

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 interface A, then any @A annotation on an element is considered part of the element's public contract.

DocumentedAttribute
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
NativeAttribute
RepeatableAttribute
Retention

Indicates how long annotations with the annotated interface are to be retained.

RetentionAttribute
RetentionPolicy

Annotation retention policy.

Target

Indicates the contexts in which an annotation interface is applicable.

TargetAttribute

Interfaces

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.