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| |
| package java.lang.annotation; |
| |
| /** |
| * Defines an enumeration for annotation retention policies. Used in conjunction |
| * with the {@link Retention} annotation to specify an annotation's time-to-live |
| * in the overall development life cycle. |
| * |
| * @since 1.5 |
| */ |
| public enum RetentionPolicy { |
| /** |
| * Annotation is only available in the source code. |
| */ |
| SOURCE, |
| /** |
| * Annotation is available in the source code and in the class file, but not |
| * at runtime. This is the default policy. |
| */ |
| CLASS, |
| /** |
| * Annotation is available in the source code, the class file and is |
| * available at runtime. |
| */ |
| RUNTIME |
| } |
