java.lang.annotation

Enum RetentionPolicy

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<RetentionPolicy>

java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<RetentionPolicy>

public enum RetentionPolicy
extends Enum<RetentionPolicy>

Enumerates annotation retention policies [Sun docs].

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant and Description
CLASS
RUNTIME
SOURCE

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static RetentionPolicy	valueOf(String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static RetentionPolicy[]	values() Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

compareTo, createValueOfMap, equals, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass

Enum Constant Detail

CLASS

public static final RetentionPolicy CLASS

RUNTIME

public static final RetentionPolicy RUNTIME

SOURCE

public static final RetentionPolicy SOURCE

Method Detail

values

public static RetentionPolicy[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

for (RetentionPolicy c : RetentionPolicy.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static RetentionPolicy valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null