Inherited


1   /*
2    * @(#)Inherited.java   1.4 04/02/03
3    *
4    * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
5    * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
6    */
7   
8   package java.lang.annotation;
9   
10  /**
11   * Indicates that an annotation type is automatically inherited.  If
12   * an Inherited meta-annotation is present on an annotation type
13   * declaration, and the user queries the annotation type on a class
14   * declaration, and the class declaration has no annotation for this type,
15   * then the class's superclass will automatically be queried for the
16   * annotation type.  This process will be repeated until an annotation for this
17   * type is found, or the top of the class hierarchy (Object)
18   * is reached.  If no superclass has an annotation for this type, then
19   * the query will indicate that the class in question has no such annotation.
20   *
21   * <p>Note that this meta-annotation type has no effect if the annotated
22   * type is used to annotate anything other than a class.  Note also
23   * that this meta-annotation only causes annotations to be inherited
24   * from superclasses; annotations on implemented interfaces have no
25   * effect.
26   *
27   * @author  Joshua Bloch
28   * @since 1.5
29   */
30  @Documented  
31  @Retention  (RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
32  @Target  (ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE)
33  public @interface Inherited {
34  }
35

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