added in API level 1
java.lang.annotation
Provides library support for the Java programming language annotation facility.Annotations
| 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.
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| Retention | Indicates how long annotations with the annotated type are to be retained. |
| Target | Indicates the contexts in which an annotation type is applicable. |
Interfaces
| Annotation | The common interface extended by all annotation types. |
Enums
| 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. |
Exceptions
| 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). |
Errors
| AnnotationFormatError | Thrown when the annotation parser attempts to read an annotation from a class file and determines that the annotation is malformed. |
Annotations
Interfaces
Enums
Exceptions
Errors