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jaroslav@597: 
jaroslav@597: package java.lang;
jaroslav@597: 
jaroslav@597: import java.lang.annotation.*;
jaroslav@597: 
jaroslav@597: /**
jaroslav@597:  * Indicates that a method declaration is intended to override a
jaroslav@597:  * method declaration in a supertype. If a method is annotated with
jaroslav@597:  * this annotation type compilers are required to generate an error
jaroslav@597:  * message unless at least one of the following conditions hold:
jaroslav@597:  *
jaroslav@597:  * <ul><li>
jaroslav@597:  * The method does override or implement a method declared in a
jaroslav@597:  * supertype.
jaroslav@597:  * </li><li>
jaroslav@597:  * The method has a signature that is override-equivalent to that of
jaroslav@597:  * any public method declared in {@linkplain Object}.
jaroslav@597:  * </li></ul>
jaroslav@597:  *
jaroslav@597:  * @author  Peter von der Ah&eacute;
jaroslav@597:  * @author  Joshua Bloch
jaroslav@597:  * @jls 9.6.1.4 Override
jaroslav@597:  * @since 1.5
jaroslav@597:  */
jaroslav@597: @Target(ElementType.METHOD)
jaroslav@597: @Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE)
jaroslav@597: public @interface Override {
jaroslav@597: }