java.lang.annotation

Provides library support for the Java programming language annotation facility.

Annotations

Documented	If the annotation @Documented is present on the declaration of an annotation type A, then any @A annotation on an element is considered part of the element's public contract.
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.
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.