Annotation Type Retention
java.lang.annotation
@Documented
@Retention(value=RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(value=ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE)
public @interface Retention
Indicates how long annotations with the annotated type are to be retained. If no Retention annotation is present on an annotation type declaration, the retention policy defaults to RetentionPolicy.CLASS.

A Target meta-annotation has effect only if the meta-annotated type is use directly for annotation. It has no effect if the meta-annotated type is used as a member type in another annotation type.

Since:
1.5
Author:
Joshua Bloch
Required Element Summary
RetentionPolicy
 value
Element Detail
value
public abstract RetentionPolicy value
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