public enum RetentionPolicy extends Enum<RetentionPolicy>
Retention
annotation to specify an annotation's time-to-live
in the overall development life cycle.Enum Constant and Description |
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CLASS
Annotation is available in the source code and in the class file, but not
at runtime.
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RUNTIME
Annotation is available in the source code, the class file and is
available at runtime.
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SOURCE
Annotation is only available in the source code.
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Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
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static RetentionPolicy |
valueOf(String name)
Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
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static RetentionPolicy[] |
values()
Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in
the order they are declared.
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public static final RetentionPolicy SOURCE
public static final RetentionPolicy CLASS
public static final RetentionPolicy RUNTIME
public static RetentionPolicy[] values()
for (RetentionPolicy c : RetentionPolicy.values()) System.out.println(c);
public static RetentionPolicy valueOf(String name)
name
- the name of the enum constant to be returned.IllegalArgumentException
- if this enum type has no constant
with the specified nameNullPointerException
- if the argument is null