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Retention.javaAPI DocJava SE 5 API840Fri Aug 26 14:57:04 BST 2005java.lang.annotation

Retention

public class 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 Target meta-annotation has effect only if the meta-annotated type is use directly for annotation. It has no effect if the meta-annotated type is used as a member type in another annotation type.

author
Joshua Bloch
since
1.5

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java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicyvalue()