Retention


1   /*
2    * @(#)Retention.java   1.5 04/06/22
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 how long annotations with the annotated type are to
12   * be retained.  If no Retention annotation is present on
13   * an annotation type declaration, the retention policy defaults to
14   * <tt>RetentionPolicy.CLASS</tt>.
15   *
16   * <p>A Target meta-annotation has effect only if the meta-annotated
17   * type is use directly for annotation.  It has no effect if the meta-annotated
18   * type is used as a member type in another annotation type.
19   *
20   * @author  Joshua Bloch
21   * @since 1.5
22   */
23  @Documented  
24  @Retention  (RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
25  @Target  (ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE)
26  public @interface Retention {
27      RetentionPolicy   value();
28  }
29

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