Indicates how long annotations with the annotated type are to
be retained. If no Retention annotation is present on
an annotation type declaration, the retention policy defaults to
RetentionPolicy.CLASS
.
A Retention meta-annotation has effect only if the meta-annotated type is used directly for annotation. It has no effect if the meta-annotated type is used as a member type in another annotation type.
- See Java Language Specification:
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9.6.4.2 @Retention
- Since:
- 1.5
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Required Element Summary
Required Elements
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Element Details
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value
RetentionPolicy valueReturns the retention policy.- Returns:
- the retention policy
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