# Inherited

public abstract @interface **Inherited** implements [Annotation](https://developers.google.com/j2objc/javadoc/jre/reference/java/lang/annotation/Annotation.html) Indicates that an annotation type is automatically inherited. If
an Inherited meta-annotation is present on an annotation type
declaration, and the user queries the annotation type on a class
declaration, and the class declaration has no annotation for this type,
then the class's superclass will automatically be queried for the
annotation type. This process will be repeated until an annotation for this
type is found, or the top of the class hierarchy (Object)
is reached. If no superclass has an annotation for this type, then
the query will indicate that the class in question has no such annotation.

Note that this meta-annotation type has no effect if the annotated
type is used to annotate anything other than a class. Note also
that this meta-annotation only causes annotations to be inherited
from superclasses; annotations on implemented interfaces have no
effect.

### Inherited Method Summary

From interface [java.lang.annotation.Annotation](https://developers.google.com/j2objc/javadoc/jre/reference/java/lang/annotation/Annotation.html)

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| abstract [Class](https://developers.google.com/j2objc/javadoc/jre/reference/java/lang/Class.html)\<? extends [Annotation](https://developers.google.com/j2objc/javadoc/jre/reference/java/lang/annotation/Annotation.html)\> | [annotationType](https://developers.google.com/j2objc/javadoc/jre/reference/java/lang/annotation/Annotation.html#annotationType())() Returns the annotation type of this annotation. |
| abstract boolean | [equals](https://developers.google.com/j2objc/javadoc/jre/reference/java/lang/annotation/Annotation.html#equals(java.lang.Object))([Object](https://developers.google.com/j2objc/javadoc/jre/reference/java/lang/Object.html) obj) Returns true if the specified object represents an annotation that is logically equivalent to this one. |
| abstract int | [hashCode](https://developers.google.com/j2objc/javadoc/jre/reference/java/lang/annotation/Annotation.html#hashCode())() Returns the hash code of this annotation, as defined below: The hash code of an annotation is the sum of the hash codes of its members (including those with default values), as defined below: The hash code of an annotation member is (127 times the hash code of the member-name as computed by `https://developers.google.com/j2objc/javadoc/jre/reference/java/lang/String.html#hashCode()`) XOR the hash code of the member-value, as defined below: The hash code of a member-value depends on its type: - The hash code of a primitive value *v* is equal to *WrapperType*.valueOf(*v*).hashCode(), where *WrapperType* is the wrapper type corresponding to the primitive type of *v* (`https://developers.google.com/j2objc/javadoc/jre/reference/java/lang/Byte.html`, `https://developers.google.com/j2objc/javadoc/jre/reference/java/lang/Character.html`, `https://developers.google.com/j2objc/javadoc/jre/reference/java/lang/Double.html`, `https://developers.google.com/j2objc/javadoc/jre/reference/java/lang/Float.html`, `https://developers.google.com/j2objc/javadoc/jre/reference/java/lang/Integer.html`, `https://developers.google.com/j2objc/javadoc/jre/reference/java/lang/Long.html`, `https://developers.google.com/j2objc/javadoc/jre/reference/java/lang/Short.html`, or `https://developers.google.com/j2objc/javadoc/jre/reference/java/lang/Boolean.html`). |
| abstract [String](https://developers.google.com/j2objc/javadoc/jre/reference/java/lang/String.html) | [toString](https://developers.google.com/j2objc/javadoc/jre/reference/java/lang/annotation/Annotation.html#toString())() Returns a string representation of this annotation. |