Retention

public abstract @interface Retention
implements Annotation

java.lang.annotation.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.

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

Public methods
`RetentionPolicy`	`value()` Returns the retention policy.

Inherited methods

From interface


        
          java.lang.annotation.Annotation

`abstract Class<? extends Annotation>`	`annotationType()` Returns the annotation interface of this annotation.
`abstract boolean`	`equals(Object obj)` Returns true if the specified object represents an annotation that is logically equivalent to this one.
`abstract int`	`hashCode()` Returns the hash code of this annotation.
`abstract String`	`toString()` Returns a string representation of this annotation.

Public methods

value

Added in API level 1

public RetentionPolicy value ()

Returns the retention policy.

Returns
`RetentionPolicy`	the retention policy