jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/annotation/Inherited.java
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8074126: Correct @see cross-refs to the JLS in java.lang[.annotation] Reviewed-by: lancea
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/*
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 * Copyright (c) 2003, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
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 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
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 * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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 * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
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 * accompanied this code).
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 */
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package java.lang.annotation;
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/**
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 * Indicates that an annotation type is automatically inherited.  If
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 * an Inherited meta-annotation is present on an annotation type
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 * declaration, and the user queries the annotation type on a class
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 * declaration, and the class declaration has no annotation for this type,
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 * then the class's superclass will automatically be queried for the
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 * annotation type.  This process will be repeated until an annotation for this
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 * type is found, or the top of the class hierarchy (Object)
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 * is reached.  If no superclass has an annotation for this type, then
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 * the query will indicate that the class in question has no such annotation.
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 *
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 * <p>Note that this meta-annotation type has no effect if the annotated
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 * type is used to annotate anything other than a class.  Note also
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 * that this meta-annotation only causes annotations to be inherited
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 * from superclasses; annotations on implemented interfaces have no
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 * effect.
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 *
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 * @author  Joshua Bloch
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 * @since 1.5
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 * @jls 9.6.4.3 @Inherited
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 */
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@Documented
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@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
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@Target(ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE)
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public @interface Inherited {
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}