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public
abstract
@interface
Retention
implements
Annotation
java.lang.annotation.Retention |
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.
Public methods | |
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RetentionPolicy
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value()
Returns the retention policy. |
Inherited methods | |
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public RetentionPolicy value ()
Returns the retention policy.
Returns | |
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RetentionPolicy |
the retention policy |