Built-In Annotations
Java defines a set of annotations that are built into the language.
Annotations applied to java code:
- @Override - Checks that the function is an override. Causes a compile warning if the function is not found in one of the parent classes.
- @Deprecated - Marks the function as obsolete. Causes a compile warning if the function is used.
- @SuppressWarnings - Instructs the compiler to suppress the compile time warnings specified in the annotation parameters
Annotations applied to other annotations:
- @Retention - Specifies how the marked annotation is stored—Whether in code only, compiled into the class, or available at runtime through reflection.
- @Documented - Marks another annotation for inclusion in the documentation.
- @Target - Marks another annotation to restrict what kind of java elements the annotation may be applied to
- @Inherited - Marks another annotation to be inherited to subclasses of annotated class (by default annotations are not inherited to subclasses).
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