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 -

Field Summary
public RetentionPolicy	SOURCE	Annotations are to be discarded by the compiler.
public RetentionPolicy	CLASS	Annotations are to be recorded in the class file by the compiler but need not be retained by the VM at run time. This is the default behavior.
public RetentionPolicy	RUNTIME	Annotations are to be recorded in the class file by the compiler and retained by the VM at run time, so they may be read reflectively. Also see: java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement