RetentionPolicy (DocFlex/Doclet 1.5 Demo

Enum RetentionPolicy

java.lang.annotation

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<RetentionPolicy>

java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable<RetentionPolicy>, java.io.Serializable

public enum RetentionPolicy

extends Enum<RetentionPolicy>

Annotation retention policy. The constants of this enumerated type describe the various policies for retaining annotations. They are used in conjunction with the Retention meta-annotation type to specify how long annotations are to be retained.

Since:

1.5

Author:

Joshua Bloch

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.

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Detail

SOURCE

public static final RetentionPolicy SOURCE

Annotations are to be discarded by the compiler.

CLASS

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.

RUNTIME

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.