Retention
@Target([AnnotationTarget.ANNOTATION_CLASS]) class Retention
Indicates how long annotations with the annotated interface are to be retained. If no Retention annotation is present on an annotation interface declaration, the retention policy defaults to RetentionPolicy.CLASS
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A Retention meta-annotation has effect only if the meta-annotated interface is used directly for annotation. It has no effect if the meta-annotated interface is used as a member interface in another annotation interface.
Summary
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Retention(value: RetentionPolicy) Indicates how long annotations with the annotated interface are to be retained. |
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RetentionPolicy |
Returns the retention policy. |
Public constructors
Retention
Retention(value: RetentionPolicy)
Indicates how long annotations with the annotated interface are to be retained. If no Retention annotation is present on an annotation interface declaration, the retention policy defaults to RetentionPolicy.CLASS
.
A Retention meta-annotation has effect only if the meta-annotated interface is used directly for annotation. It has no effect if the meta-annotated interface is used as a member interface in another annotation interface.
Properties
value
val value: RetentionPolicy
Returns the retention policy.
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RetentionPolicy |
the retention policy |