Lines Matching defs:annotation
26 package java.lang.annotation;
29 * Indicates that an annotation type is automatically inherited. If
30 * an Inherited meta-annotation is present on an annotation type
31 * declaration, and the user queries the annotation type on a class
32 * declaration, and the class declaration has no annotation for this type,
34 * annotation type. This process will be repeated until an annotation for this
36 * is reached. If no superclass has an annotation for this type, then
37 * the query will indicate that the class in question has no such annotation.
39 * <p>Note that this meta-annotation type has no effect if the annotated
41 * that this meta-annotation only causes annotations to be inherited
