Retention
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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.
Inherited Method Summary
From interface
java.lang.annotation.Annotation
abstract
Class<? extends Annotation>
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abstract
boolean
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equals( Object obj)
Returns true if the specified object represents an annotation
that is logically equivalent to this one.
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abstract
int
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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 String.hashCode() ) XOR
the hash code of the member-value, as defined below:
The hash code of a member-value depends on its type:
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abstract
String
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toString()
Returns a string representation of this annotation.
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Public Methods
Returns the retention policy.
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Last updated 2021-04-08 UTC.
[{
"type": "thumb-down",
"id": "missingTheInformationINeed",
"label":"Missing the information I need"
},{
"type": "thumb-down",
"id": "tooComplicatedTooManySteps",
"label":"Too complicated / too many steps"
},{
"type": "thumb-down",
"id": "outOfDate",
"label":"Out of date"
},{
"type": "thumb-down",
"id": "samplesCodeIssue",
"label":"Samples / code issue"
},{
"type": "thumb-down",
"id": "otherDown",
"label":"Other"
}]
[{
"type": "thumb-up",
"id": "easyToUnderstand",
"label":"Easy to understand"
},{
"type": "thumb-up",
"id": "solvedMyProblem",
"label":"Solved my problem"
},{
"type": "thumb-up",
"id": "otherUp",
"label":"Other"
}]