Indicates how long annotations with the annotated interface are to
 be retained.  If no Retention annotation is present on
 an annotation interface declaration, the retention policy defaults to
 
RetentionPolicy.CLASS.
 A Retention meta-annotation has effect only if the meta-annotated interface is used directly for annotation. It has no effect if the meta-annotated interface is used as a member interface in another annotation interface.
- See Java Language Specification:
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9.6.4.2 @Retention
- Since:
- 1.5
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Required Element SummaryRequired Elements
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Element Details- 
valueRetentionPolicy valueReturns the retention policy.- Returns:
- the retention policy
 
 
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