RetentionPolicy (FlexDoc/Javadoc 2.0 Demo)

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Enum RetentionPolicy

java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy

All Implemented Interfaces:

public enum 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.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.lang.Enum

Enum.EnumDesc<E extends Enum<E>>

Enum Constant Summary

Annotations are to be recorded in the class file by the compiler but need not be retained by the VM at run time.

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.

Annotations are to be discarded by the compiler.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Enum Constant Detail

public static final RetentionPolicy SOURCE

Annotations are to be discarded by the compiler.

public static final RetentionPolicy CLASS

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.

public static final RetentionPolicy RUNTIME

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.

Method Summary
static RetentionPolicy	valueOf(String name)
static RetentionPolicy[]	values()

Enum Constant Summary
CLASS Annotations are to be recorded in the class file by the compiler but need not be retained by the VM at run time.
RUNTIME 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.
SOURCE Annotations are to be discarded by the compiler.