# Package java.lang.annotation

Provides library support for the Java programming language annotation facility.

See: Description

Interface Summary
Annotation: The common interface extended by all annotation types.

Enum Summary
ElementType: The constants of this enumerated type provide a simple classification of the syntactic locations where annotations may appear in a Java program.
RetentionPolicy: Annotation retention policy.

Exception Summary
AnnotationTypeMismatchException: Thrown to indicate that a program has attempted to access an element of an annotation whose type has changed after the annotation was compiled (or serialized).
IncompleteAnnotationException: Thrown to indicate that a program has attempted to access an element of an annotation type that was added to the annotation type definition after the annotation was compiled (or serialized).

Error Summary
AnnotationFormatError: Thrown when the annotation parser attempts to read an annotation from a class file and determines that the annotation is malformed.

Annotation Types Summary
Documented: Indicates that annotations with a type are to be documented by javadoc and similar tools by default.
Inherited: Indicates that an annotation type is automatically inherited.
Native: Indicates that a field defining a constant value may be referenced from native code.
Repeatable: The annotation type `java.lang.annotation.Repeatable` is used to indicate that the annotation type whose declaration it (meta-)annotates is repeatable.
Retention: Indicates how long annotations with the annotated type are to be retained.
Target: Indicates the contexts in which an annotation type is applicable.

## Package java.lang.annotation Description

Provides library support for the Java programming language annotation facility.

Since:
  1.5