Annotation retention policy. The constants of this enumerated type
describe the various policies for retaining annotations. They are used
in conjunction with the Retention
meta-annotation type to specify
how long annotations are to be retained.
Inherited Method Summary
From class
java.lang.Enum
final
Object
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clone()
Throws CloneNotSupportedException.
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final
int
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final
boolean
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equals(Object other)
Returns true if the specified object is equal to this
enum constant.
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final
void
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finalize()
enum classes cannot have finalize methods.
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final
Class<RetentionPolicy>
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getDeclaringClass()
Returns the Class object corresponding to this enum constant's
enum type.
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final
int
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hashCode()
Returns a hash code for this enum constant.
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final
String
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name()
Returns the name of this enum constant, exactly as declared in its
enum declaration.
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final
int
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ordinal()
Returns the ordinal of this enumeration constant (its position
in its enum declaration, where the initial constant is assigned
an ordinal of zero).
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String
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toString()
Returns the name of this enum constant, as contained in the
declaration.
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static
<T extends Enum<T>>
T
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valueOf(Class<T> enumType, String name)
Returns the enum constant of the specified enum type with the
specified name.
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From class
java.lang.Object
Object
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clone()
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boolean
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equals(Object arg0)
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void
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finalize()
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final
Class<?>
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getClass()
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int
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hashCode()
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final
void
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notify()
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final
void
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notifyAll()
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String
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toString()
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final
void
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wait(long arg0, int arg1)
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final
void
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wait(long arg0)
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final
void
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wait()
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Enum Values
public
static
final
RetentionPolicy
CLASS
Annotations are to be recorded in the class file by the compiler
but need not be retained by the VM at run time. This is the default
behavior.
public
static
final
RetentionPolicy
RUNTIME
Annotations are to be recorded in the class file by the compiler and
retained by the VM at run time, so they may be read reflectively.
public
static
final
RetentionPolicy
SOURCE
Annotations are to be discarded by the compiler.