53 lines
2.0 KiB
Java
53 lines
2.0 KiB
Java
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/*
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* Copyright (c) 2003, 2020, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
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* DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
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*
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* This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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* under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
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* published by the Free Software Foundation. Oracle designates this
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* particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
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* by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
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*
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* This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
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* ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
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* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
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* version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
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* accompanied this code).
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*
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* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
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* 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
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* Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
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*
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* Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
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* or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
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* questions.
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*/
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package java.lang.annotation;
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/**
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* Indicates how long annotations with the annotated interface are to
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* be retained. If no Retention annotation is present on
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* an annotation interface declaration, the retention policy defaults to
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* {@code RetentionPolicy.CLASS}.
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*
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* <p>A Retention meta-annotation has effect only if the
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* meta-annotated interface is used directly for annotation. It has no
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* effect if the meta-annotated interface is used as a member interface in
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* another annotation interface.
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*
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* @author Joshua Bloch
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* @since 1.5
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* @jls 9.6.4.2 @Retention
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*/
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@Documented
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@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
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@Target(ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE)
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public @interface Retention {
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/**
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* Returns the retention policy.
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* @return the retention policy
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*/
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RetentionPolicy value();
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}
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