Package java.lang.annotation Provides library support for the Java programming language annotation facility. See: Description   Interface Description   Annotation  The common interface extended by all annotation types.   
  Enum Description   ElementType  The constants of this enumerated type provide a simple classification of the syntactic locations where annotations may appear in a Java program.    RetentionPolicy  Annotation retention policy.   
  Exception Description   AnnotationTypeMismatchException  Thrown to indicate that a program has attempted to access an element of an annotation whose type has changed after the annotation was compiled (or serialized).    IncompleteAnnotationException  Thrown to indicate that a program has attempted to access an element of an annotation type that was added to the annotation type definition after the annotation was compiled (or serialized).   
  Error Description   AnnotationFormatError  Thrown when the annotation parser attempts to read an annotation from a class file and determines that the annotation is malformed.   
  Annotation Type Description   Documented  Indicates that annotations with a type are to be documented by javadoc and similar tools by default.    Inherited  Indicates that an annotation type is automatically inherited.    Native  Indicates that a field defining a constant value may be referenced from native code.    Repeatable  The annotation type java.lang.annotation.Repeatable is used to indicate that the annotation type whose declaration it (meta-)annotates is repeatable.    Retention  Indicates how long annotations with the annotated type are to be retained.    Target  Indicates the contexts in which an annotation type is applicable.   
Package java.lang.annotation Description Provides library support for the Java programming language annotation facility.  Since: 1.5 

    
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