Uses of Interface
java.lang.annotation.Annotation

Packages that use Annotation

Package	Description
java.beans	Contains classes related to developing beans -- components based on the JavaBeans™ architecture.
java.lang	Provides classes that are fundamental to the design of the Java programming language.
java.lang.annotation	Provides library support for the Java programming language annotation facility.
java.lang.reflect	Provides classes and interfaces for obtaining reflective information about classes and objects.
javafx.beans	The package javafx.beans contains the interfaces that define the most generic form of observability.
javafx.fxml	Contains classes for loading an object hierarchy from markup.
javax.annotation
javax.annotation.processing	Facilities for declaring annotation processors and for allowing annotation processors to communicate with an annotation processing tool environment.
javax.jws
javax.jws.soap
javax.lang.model	Classes and hierarchies of packages used to model the Java programming language.
javax.lang.model.element	Interfaces used to model elements of the Java programming language.
javax.management	Provides the core classes for the Java Management Extensions.
javax.swing	Provides a set of "lightweight" (all-Java language) components that, to the maximum degree possible, work the same on all platforms.
javax.xml.bind.annotation	Defines annotations for customizing Java program elements to XML Schema mapping.
javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters	XmlAdapter and its spec-defined sub-classes to allow arbitrary Java classes to be used with JAXB.
javax.xml.ws	This package contains the core JAX-WS APIs.
javax.xml.ws.soap	This package defines APIs specific to the SOAP binding.
javax.xml.ws.spi	This package defines SPIs for JAX-WS.
jdk.jfr	This package contains classes to create events and control Flight Recorder.

Uses of Annotation in java.beans

Classes in java.beans that implement Annotation

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
interface	BeanProperty	An annotation used to specify some property-related information for the automatically generated BeanInfo classes.
interface	ConstructorProperties	An annotation on a constructor that shows how the parameters of that constructor correspond to the constructed object's getter methods.
interface	JavaBean	An annotation used to specify some class-related information for the automatically generated BeanInfo classes.
interface	Transient	Indicates that an attribute called "transient" should be declared with the given value when the Introspector constructs a PropertyDescriptor or EventSetDescriptor classes associated with the annotated code element.

Uses of Annotation in java.lang

Classes in java.lang that implement Annotation

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
interface	Deprecated	A program element annotated @Deprecated is one that programmers are discouraged from using.
interface	FunctionalInterface	An informative annotation type used to indicate that an interface type declaration is intended to be a functional interface as defined by the Java Language Specification.
interface	Override	Indicates that a method declaration is intended to override a method declaration in a supertype.
interface	SafeVarargs	A programmer assertion that the body of the annotated method or constructor does not perform potentially unsafe operations on its varargs parameter.
interface	SuppressWarnings	Indicates that the named compiler warnings should be suppressed in the annotated element (and in all program elements contained in the annotated element).

Methods in java.lang with type parameters of type Annotation

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
<A extends Annotation> A	Class.getAnnotation(Class<A> annotationClass)
<T extends Annotation> T	Module.getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass)	Returns this element's annotation for the specified type if such an annotation is present, else null.
<A extends Annotation> A	Package.getAnnotation(Class<A> annotationClass)
<A extends Annotation> A[]	Class.getAnnotationsByType(Class<A> annotationClass)
<A extends Annotation> A[]	Package.getAnnotationsByType(Class<A> annotationClass)
<A extends Annotation> A	Class.getDeclaredAnnotation(Class<A> annotationClass)
<A extends Annotation> A	Package.getDeclaredAnnotation(Class<A> annotationClass)
<A extends Annotation> A[]	Class.getDeclaredAnnotationsByType(Class<A> annotationClass)
<A extends Annotation> A[]	Package.getDeclaredAnnotationsByType(Class<A> annotationClass)

Methods in java.lang that return Annotation

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Annotation[]	Class.getAnnotations()
Annotation[]	Module.getAnnotations()	Returns annotations that are present on this element.
Annotation[]	Package.getAnnotations()
<A extends Annotation> A[]	Class.getAnnotationsByType(Class<A> annotationClass)
<A extends Annotation> A[]	Package.getAnnotationsByType(Class<A> annotationClass)
Annotation[]	Class.getDeclaredAnnotations()
Annotation[]	Module.getDeclaredAnnotations()	Returns annotations that are directly present on this element.
Annotation[]	Package.getDeclaredAnnotations()
<A extends Annotation> A[]	Class.getDeclaredAnnotationsByType(Class<A> annotationClass)
<A extends Annotation> A[]	Package.getDeclaredAnnotationsByType(Class<A> annotationClass)

Method parameters in java.lang with type arguments of type Annotation

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	Class.isAnnotationPresent(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass)	Returns true if an annotation for the specified type is present on this element, else false.
boolean	Package.isAnnotationPresent(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass)	Returns true if an annotation for the specified type is present on this element, else false.

Uses of Annotation in java.lang.annotation

Classes in java.lang.annotation that implement Annotation

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
interface	Documented	If the annotation @Documented is present on the declaration of an annotation type A, then any @A annotation on an element is considered part of the element's public contract.
interface	Inherited	Indicates that an annotation type is automatically inherited.
interface	Native	Indicates that a field defining a constant value may be referenced from native code.
interface	Repeatable	The annotation type java.lang.annotation.Repeatable is used to indicate that the annotation type whose declaration it (meta-)annotates is repeatable.
interface	Retention	Indicates how long annotations with the annotated type are to be retained.
interface	Target	Indicates the contexts in which an annotation type is applicable.

Methods in java.lang.annotation that return types with arguments of type Annotation

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Class<? extends Annotation>	Annotation.annotationType()	Returns the annotation type of this annotation.
Class<? extends Annotation>	IncompleteAnnotationException.annotationType()	Returns the Class object for the annotation type with the missing element.
Class<? extends Annotation>	value()	Indicates the containing annotation type for the repeatable annotation type.

Constructor parameters in java.lang.annotation with type arguments of type Annotation

Constructor	Description
IncompleteAnnotationException(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType, String elementName)	Constructs an IncompleteAnnotationException to indicate that the named element was missing from the specified annotation type.

Uses of Annotation in java.lang.reflect

Methods in java.lang.reflect with type parameters of type Annotation

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
<T extends Annotation> T	AccessibleObject.getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass)
<T extends Annotation> T	AnnotatedElement.getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass)	Returns this element's annotation for the specified type if such an annotation is present, else null.
<T extends Annotation> T	Constructor.getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass)	Returns this element's annotation for the specified type if such an annotation is present, else null.
<T extends Annotation> T	Executable.getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass)	Returns this element's annotation for the specified type if such an annotation is present, else null.
<T extends Annotation> T	Field.getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass)
<T extends Annotation> T	Method.getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass)	Returns this element's annotation for the specified type if such an annotation is present, else null.
<T extends Annotation> T	Parameter.getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass)	Returns this element's annotation for the specified type if such an annotation is present, else null.
<T extends Annotation> T[]	AccessibleObject.getAnnotationsByType(Class<T> annotationClass)
default <T extends Annotation> T[]	AnnotatedElement.getAnnotationsByType(Class<T> annotationClass)	Returns annotations that are associated with this element.
<T extends Annotation> T[]	Executable.getAnnotationsByType(Class<T> annotationClass)	Returns annotations that are associated with this element.
<T extends Annotation> T[]	Field.getAnnotationsByType(Class<T> annotationClass)	Returns annotations that are associated with this element.
<T extends Annotation> T[]	Parameter.getAnnotationsByType(Class<T> annotationClass)	Returns annotations that are associated with this element.
<T extends Annotation> T	AccessibleObject.getDeclaredAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass)
default <T extends Annotation> T	AnnotatedElement.getDeclaredAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass)	Returns this element's annotation for the specified type if such an annotation is directly present, else null.
<T extends Annotation> T	Parameter.getDeclaredAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass)
<T extends Annotation> T[]	AccessibleObject.getDeclaredAnnotationsByType(Class<T> annotationClass)
default <T extends Annotation> T[]	AnnotatedElement.getDeclaredAnnotationsByType(Class<T> annotationClass)	Returns this element's annotation(s) for the specified type if such annotations are either directly present or indirectly present.
<T extends Annotation> T[]	Parameter.getDeclaredAnnotationsByType(Class<T> annotationClass)

Methods in java.lang.reflect that return Annotation

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Annotation[]	AccessibleObject.getAnnotations()
Annotation[]	AnnotatedElement.getAnnotations()	Returns annotations that are present on this element.
<T extends Annotation> T[]	AccessibleObject.getAnnotationsByType(Class<T> annotationClass)
default <T extends Annotation> T[]	AnnotatedElement.getAnnotationsByType(Class<T> annotationClass)	Returns annotations that are associated with this element.
<T extends Annotation> T[]	Executable.getAnnotationsByType(Class<T> annotationClass)	Returns annotations that are associated with this element.
<T extends Annotation> T[]	Field.getAnnotationsByType(Class<T> annotationClass)	Returns annotations that are associated with this element.
<T extends Annotation> T[]	Parameter.getAnnotationsByType(Class<T> annotationClass)	Returns annotations that are associated with this element.
Annotation[]	AccessibleObject.getDeclaredAnnotations()
Annotation[]	AnnotatedElement.getDeclaredAnnotations()	Returns annotations that are directly present on this element.
Annotation[]	Constructor.getDeclaredAnnotations()	Returns annotations that are directly present on this element.
Annotation[]	Method.getDeclaredAnnotations()	Returns annotations that are directly present on this element.
<T extends Annotation> T[]	AccessibleObject.getDeclaredAnnotationsByType(Class<T> annotationClass)
default <T extends Annotation> T[]	AnnotatedElement.getDeclaredAnnotationsByType(Class<T> annotationClass)	Returns this element's annotation(s) for the specified type if such annotations are either directly present or indirectly present.
<T extends Annotation> T[]	Parameter.getDeclaredAnnotationsByType(Class<T> annotationClass)
Annotation[][]	Constructor.getParameterAnnotations()	Returns an array of arrays of Annotations that represent the annotations on the formal parameters, in declaration order, of the Executable represented by this object.
abstract Annotation[][]	Executable.getParameterAnnotations()	Returns an array of arrays of Annotations that represent the annotations on the formal parameters, in declaration order, of the Executable represented by this object.
Annotation[][]	Method.getParameterAnnotations()	Returns an array of arrays of Annotations that represent the annotations on the formal parameters, in declaration order, of the Executable represented by this object.

Method parameters in java.lang.reflect with type arguments of type Annotation

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	AccessibleObject.isAnnotationPresent(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass)	Returns true if an annotation for the specified type is present on this element, else false.
default boolean	AnnotatedElement.isAnnotationPresent(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass)	Returns true if an annotation for the specified type is present on this element, else false.

Uses of Annotation in javafx.beans

Classes in javafx.beans that implement Annotation

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
interface	DefaultProperty	Specifies a property to which child elements will be added or set when an explicit property is not given.
interface	NamedArg	Annotation that provides information about argument's name.

Uses of Annotation in javafx.fxml

Classes in javafx.fxml that implement Annotation

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
interface	FXML	Annotation that tags a field or method as accessible to markup.

Uses of Annotation in javax.annotation

Classes in javax.annotation that implement Annotation

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
interface	Generated	The Generated annotation is used to mark source code that has been generated.
interface	PostConstruct	The PostConstruct annotation is used on a method that needs to be executed after dependency injection is done to perform any initialization.
interface	PreDestroy	The PreDestroy annotation is used on methods as a callback notification to signal that the instance is in the process of being removed by the container.
interface	Resource	The Resource annotation marks a resource that is needed by the application.
interface	Resources	This class is used to allow multiple resources declarations.

Uses of Annotation in javax.annotation.processing

Classes in javax.annotation.processing that implement Annotation

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
interface	Generated	The Generated annotation is used to mark source code that has been generated.
interface	SupportedAnnotationTypes	An annotation used to indicate what annotation types an annotation processor supports.
interface	SupportedOptions	An annotation used to indicate what options an annotation processor supports.
interface	SupportedSourceVersion	An annotation used to indicate the latest source version an annotation processor supports.

Method parameters in javax.annotation.processing with type arguments of type Annotation

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Set<? extends Element>	RoundEnvironment.getElementsAnnotatedWith(Class<? extends Annotation> a)	Returns the elements annotated with the given annotation type.
default Set<? extends Element>	RoundEnvironment.getElementsAnnotatedWithAny(Set<Class<? extends Annotation>> annotations)	Returns the elements annotated with one or more of the given annotation types.

Uses of Annotation in javax.jws

Classes in javax.jws that implement Annotation

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
interface	HandlerChain
interface	Oneway
interface	WebMethod
interface	WebParam
interface	WebResult
interface	WebService

Uses of Annotation in javax.jws.soap

Classes in javax.jws.soap that implement Annotation

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
interface	InitParam	Deprecated.
interface	SOAPBinding
interface	SOAPMessageHandler	Deprecated.
interface	SOAPMessageHandlers	Deprecated.

Uses of Annotation in javax.lang.model

Methods in javax.lang.model with type parameters of type Annotation

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
<A extends Annotation> A	AnnotatedConstruct.getAnnotation(Class<A> annotationType)	Returns this construct's annotation of the specified type if such an annotation is present, else null.
<A extends Annotation> A[]	AnnotatedConstruct.getAnnotationsByType(Class<A> annotationType)	Returns annotations that are associated with this construct.

Methods in javax.lang.model that return Annotation

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
<A extends Annotation> A[]	AnnotatedConstruct.getAnnotationsByType(Class<A> annotationType)	Returns annotations that are associated with this construct.

Uses of Annotation in javax.lang.model.element

Methods in javax.lang.model.element with type parameters of type Annotation

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
<A extends Annotation> A	Element.getAnnotation(Class<A> annotationType)	Returns this construct's annotation of the specified type if such an annotation is present, else null.

Uses of Annotation in javax.management

Classes in javax.management that implement Annotation

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
interface	ConstructorParameters	An annotation on a constructor that shows how the parameters of that constructor correspond to the constructed object's getter methods.
interface	DescriptorKey	Meta-annotation that describes how an annotation element relates to a field in a Descriptor.
interface	MXBean	Annotation to mark an interface explicitly as being an MXBean interface, or as not being an MXBean interface.

Uses of Annotation in javax.swing

Classes in javax.swing that implement Annotation

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
interface	SwingContainer	An annotation used to specify some swing-related information for the automatically generated BeanInfo classes.

Uses of Annotation in javax.xml.bind.annotation

Classes in javax.xml.bind.annotation that implement Annotation

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
interface	XmlAccessorOrder	Controls the ordering of fields and properties in a class.
interface	XmlAccessorType	Controls whether fields or Javabean properties are serialized by default.
interface	XmlAnyAttribute	Maps a JavaBean property to a map of wildcard attributes.
interface	XmlAnyElement	Maps a JavaBean property to XML infoset representation and/or JAXB element.
interface	XmlAttachmentRef	Marks a field/property that its XML form is a uri reference to mime content.
interface	XmlAttribute	Maps a JavaBean property to a XML attribute.
interface	XmlElement	Maps a JavaBean property to a XML element derived from property name.
interface	XmlElementDecl	Maps a factory method to a XML element.
interface	XmlElementRef	Maps a JavaBean property to a XML element derived from property's type.
interface	XmlElementRefs	Marks a property that refers to classes with XmlElement or JAXBElement.
interface	XmlElements	A container for multiple @XmlElement annotations.
interface	XmlElementWrapper	Generates a wrapper element around XML representation.
interface	XmlEnum	Maps an enum type Enum to XML representation.
interface	XmlEnumValue	Maps an enum constant in Enum type to XML representation.
interface	XmlID	Maps a JavaBean property to XML ID.
interface	XmlIDREF	Maps a JavaBean property to XML IDREF.
interface	XmlInlineBinaryData	Disable consideration of XOP encoding for datatypes that are bound to base64-encoded binary data in XML.
interface	XmlList	Used to map a property to a list simple type.
interface	XmlMimeType	Associates the MIME type that controls the XML representation of the property.
interface	XmlMixed	Annotate a JavaBean multi-valued property to support mixed content.
interface	XmlNs	Associates a namespace prefix with a XML namespace URI.
interface	XmlRegistry	Marks a class that has XmlElementDecls.
interface	XmlRootElement	Maps a class or an enum type to an XML element.
interface	XmlSchema	Maps a package name to a XML namespace.
interface	XmlSchemaType	Maps a Java type to a simple schema built-in type.
interface	XmlSchemaTypes	A container for multiple @XmlSchemaType annotations.
interface	XmlSeeAlso	Instructs JAXB to also bind other classes when binding this class.
interface	XmlTransient	Prevents the mapping of a JavaBean property/type to XML representation.
interface	XmlType	Maps a class or an enum type to a XML Schema type.
interface	XmlValue	Enables mapping a class to a XML Schema complex type with a simpleContent or a XML Schema simple type.

Uses of Annotation in javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters

Classes in javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters that implement Annotation

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
interface	XmlJavaTypeAdapter	Use an adapter that implements XmlAdapter for custom marshaling.
interface	XmlJavaTypeAdapters	A container for multiple @XmlJavaTypeAdapter annotations.

Uses of Annotation in javax.xml.ws

Classes in javax.xml.ws that implement Annotation

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
interface	Action	The Action annotation allows explicit association of a WS-Addressing Action message addressing property with input, output, and fault messages of the mapped WSDL operation.
interface	BindingType	The BindingType annotation is used to specify the binding to use for a web service endpoint implementation class.
interface	FaultAction	The FaultAction annotation is used inside an Action annotation to allow an explicit association of a WS-Addressing Action message addressing property with the fault messages of the WSDL operation mapped from the exception class.
interface	RequestWrapper	Used to annotate methods in the Service Endpoint Interface with the request wrapper bean to be used at runtime.
interface	RespectBinding	This feature clarifies the use of the wsdl:binding in a JAX-WS runtime.
interface	ResponseWrapper	Used to annotate methods in the Service Endpoint Interface with the response wrapper bean to be used at runtime.
interface	ServiceMode	Used to indicate whether a Provider implementation wishes to work with entire protocol messages or just with protocol message payloads.
interface	WebEndpoint	Used to annotate the getPortName() methods of a generated service interface.
interface	WebFault	Used to annotate service specific exception classes to customize to the local and namespace name of the fault element and the name of the fault bean.
interface	WebServiceClient	Used to annotate a generated service interface.
interface	WebServiceProvider	Used to annotate a Provider implementation class.
interface	WebServiceRef	The WebServiceRef annotation is used to define a reference to a web service and (optionally) an injection target for it.
interface	WebServiceRefs	The WebServiceRefs annotation allows multiple web service references to be declared at the class level.

Uses of Annotation in javax.xml.ws.soap

Classes in javax.xml.ws.soap that implement Annotation

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
interface	Addressing	This annotation represents the use of WS-Addressing with either the SOAP 1.1/HTTP or SOAP 1.2/HTTP binding.
interface	MTOM	This feature represents the use of MTOM with a web service.

Uses of Annotation in javax.xml.ws.spi

Classes in javax.xml.ws.spi that implement Annotation

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
interface	WebServiceFeatureAnnotation	Annotation used to identify other annotations as a WebServiceFeature.

Uses of Annotation in jdk.jfr

Classes in jdk.jfr that implement Annotation

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
interface	BooleanFlag	Event field annotation, signifies that value is a boolean flag, a true or false value
interface	Category	Event annotation, to associate the event type with a category, in the format of a human readable path.
interface	ContentType	Meta annotation, signifies that an annotation represents a content type, such as a timespan or a frequency.
interface	DataAmount	Event field annotation, signifies that a value represents an amount of data, for example bytes.
interface	Description	Annotation that describes an element with a sentence or two.
interface	Enabled	Event annotation, determines if an event should be enabled by default.
interface	Experimental	Annotation that signifies that an element is experimental and may change without further notice.
interface	Frequency	Event field annotation, signifies that value is a frequency, measured in Hz.
interface	Label	Annotation that sets a human-readable name for an element, for example "Maximum Throughput".
interface	MemoryAddress	Event field annotation, signifies that value is a memory address.
interface	MetadataDefinition	Meta annotation for defining new types of event metadata.
interface	Name	Annotation that overrides the default name for an element, for instance when the default package for an event is not appropriate.
interface	Percentage	Event field annotation to be used on fractions, typically between 0.0 and 1.0, to signify that the value is a percentage.
interface	Period	Event annotation, determines the default period for a periodic event.
interface	Registered	Event annotation, for programmatic event registration.
interface	Relational	Meta annotation for relational annotations, to be used on annotation.
interface	SettingDefinition	Annotation that signifies that a method in an event class should be used to filter out events.
interface	StackTrace	Event annotation, determines if an event should by default have a stack trace or not.
interface	Threshold	Event annotation, determines the default cut-off below which an event should not be recorded, for example "20 ms".
interface	Timespan	Event field annotation, signifies that value is a duration.
interface	Timestamp	Event field annotation, signifies that value is a point in time.
interface	TransitionFrom	Event field annotation, signifies that the event transitioned from a thread.
interface	TransitionTo	Event field annotation, signifies that the event is about to transitions to a thread.
interface	Unsigned	Event field annotation, signifies that value is as unsigned data type.

Methods in jdk.jfr with type parameters of type Annotation

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
<A extends Annotation> A	EventType.getAnnotation(Class<A> annotationClass)	Returns the first annotation for the specified type if an annotation element with the same name is directly present, else null.
<A extends Annotation> A	SettingDescriptor.getAnnotation(Class<A> annotationType)	Returns the first annotation for the specified type if an annotation element with the same name is available, else null.
<A extends Annotation> A	ValueDescriptor.getAnnotation(Class<A> annotationType)	Returns the first annotation for the specified type if an annotation element with the same name is directly present for this value descriptor, else null.

Method parameters in jdk.jfr with type arguments of type Annotation

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
<A> A	AnnotationElement.getAnnotation(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType)	Returns the first annotation for the specified type if an annotation element with the same name is available, else null.

Constructor parameters in jdk.jfr with type arguments of type Annotation

Constructor	Description
AnnotationElement(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType)	Creates an annotation element to be used when defining events dynamically.
AnnotationElement(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType, Object value)	Creates an annotation element to be used when defining events dynamically.
AnnotationElement(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType, Map<String,Object> values)	Creates an annotation element to be used when defining events dynamically.