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26 package java.lang.annotation;
29 * Indicates that annotations with a type are to be documented by javadoc
30 * and similar tools by default. This type should be used to annotate the
31 * declarations of types whose annotations affect the use of annotated
32 * elements by their clients. If a type declaration is annotated with
33 * Documented, its annotations become part of the public API
34 * of the annotated elements.
36 * @author Joshua Bloch
40 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
41 @Target(ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE)
42 public @interface Documented {