java.lang.annotation: public enum class: RetentionPolicy

java.lang.annotation
public enum class: RetentionPolicy [javadoc | source]

java.lang.Enum
   java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy

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.

author: Joshua - Bloch

since: 1.5 -