This documentation differs from the official API. Jadeite adds extra features to the API including: variable font sizes, constructions examples, placeholders for classes and methods, and auto-generated “See Also” links. Additionally it is missing some items found in standard Javadoc documentation, including: generics type information, “Deprecated” tags and comments, “See Also” links, along with other minor differences. Please send any questions or feedback to bam@cs.cmu.edu.


java.lang.annotation
interface Annotation

All Known Subinterfaces:
Action, Addressing, BindingType, ConstructorProperties, Deprecated, DescriptorKey, Documented, FaultAction, Generated, Inherited, MTOM, MXBean, Override, PostConstruct, PreDestroy, RequestWrapper, Resource, Resources, RespectBinding, ResponseWrapper, Retention, ServiceMode, SupportedAnnotationTypes, SupportedOptions, SupportedSourceVersion, SuppressWarnings, Target, WebEndpoint, WebFault, WebServiceClient, WebServiceFeatureAnnotation, WebServiceProvider, WebServiceRef, WebServiceRefs, XmlAccessorOrder, XmlAccessorType, XmlAnyAttribute, XmlAnyElement, XmlAttachmentRef, XmlAttribute, XmlElement, XmlElementDecl, XmlElementRef, XmlElementRefs, XmlElements, XmlElementWrapper, XmlEnum, XmlEnumValue, XmlID, XmlIDREF, XmlInlineBinaryData, XmlJavaTypeAdapter, XmlJavaTypeAdapters, XmlList, XmlMimeType, XmlMixed, XmlNs, XmlRegistry, XmlRootElement, XmlSchema, XmlSchemaType, XmlSchemaTypes, XmlSeeAlso, XmlTransient, XmlType, XmlValue

public interface Annotation

The common interface extended by all annotation types. Note that an interface that manually extends this one does not define an annotation type. Also note that this interface does not itself define an annotation type.


Method Summary
 Class

          Returns the annotation type of this annotation.
 boolean

          Returns true if the specified object represents an annotation that is logically equivalent to this one.
 int

          Returns the hash code of this annotation, as defined below:
 String

          Returns a string representation of this annotation.
 

Method Detail

annotationType

public Class annotationType()
Returns the annotation type of this annotation.


equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)
Returns true if the specified object represents an annotation that is logically equivalent to this one. In other words, returns true if the specified object is an instance of the same annotation type as this instance, all of whose members are equal to the corresponding member of this annotation, as defined below:

Overrides:
equals in class Object
Parameters:
obj
Returns:
true if the specified object represents an annotation that is logically equivalent to this one, otherwise false

hashCode

public int hashCode()
Returns the hash code of this annotation, as defined below:

The hash code of an annotation is the sum of the hash codes of its members (including those with default values), as defined below: The hash code of an annotation member is (127 times the hash code of the member-name as computed by {@link String#hashCode()}) XOR the hash code of the member-value, as defined below:

The hash code of a member-value depends on its type:

Overrides:
hashCode in class Object
Returns:
the hash code of this annotation

toString

public String toString()
Returns a string representation of this annotation. The details of the representation are implementation-dependent, but the following may be regarded as typical:
   @com.acme.util.Name(first=Alfred, middle=E., last=Neuman)
 

Overrides:
toString in class Object
Returns:
a string representation of this annotation


This documentation differs from the official API. Jadeite adds extra features to the API including: variable font sizes, constructions examples, placeholders for classes and methods, and auto-generated “See Also” links. Additionally it is missing some items found in standard Javadoc documentation, including: generics type information, “Deprecated” tags and comments, “See Also” links, along with other minor differences. Please send any questions or feedback to bam@cs.cmu.edu.
This page displays the Jadeite version of the documention, which is derived from the offical documentation that contains this copyright notice:
Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. Use is subject to license terms. Also see the documentation redistribution policy.
The official Sun™ documentation can be found here at http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/.