58 lines
2.1 KiB
Java
58 lines
2.1 KiB
Java
/*
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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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* Annotation retention policy. The constants of this enumerated class
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* describe the various policies for retaining annotations. They are used
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* in conjunction with the {@link Retention} meta-annotation interface to
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* specify how long annotations are to be retained.
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*
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* @author Joshua Bloch
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* @since 1.5
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*/
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public enum RetentionPolicy {
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/**
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* Annotations are to be discarded by the compiler.
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*/
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SOURCE,
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/**
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* Annotations are to be recorded in the class file by the compiler
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* but need not be retained by the VM at run time. This is the default
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* behavior.
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*/
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CLASS,
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/**
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* Annotations are to be recorded in the class file by the compiler and
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* retained by the VM at run time, so they may be read reflectively.
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*
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* @see java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement
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*/
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RUNTIME
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}
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