java.lang.annotation
Enum RetentionPolicy
java.lang.Object
java.lang.Enum<RetentionPolicy>
java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy
- All Implemented Interfaces:
- Comparable<RetentionPolicy>
public enum RetentionPolicy
- extends Enum<RetentionPolicy>
Method Summary |
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. |
SOURCE
public static final RetentionPolicy SOURCE
CLASS
public static final RetentionPolicy CLASS
RUNTIME
public static final RetentionPolicy RUNTIME
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