package javax.annotation.meta; import java.lang.annotation.Documented; import java.lang.annotation.ElementType; import java.lang.annotation.Target; /** * * This annotation is applied to a annotation, and marks the annotation as being * a qualifier nickname. Applying a nickname annotation X to a element Y should * be interpreted as having the same meaning as applying all of annotations of X * (other than QualifierNickname) to Y. * *
* Thus, you might define a qualifier SocialSecurityNumber as follows: *
* * *
@Documented
@TypeQualifierNickname @Pattern("[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{4}")
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface SocialSecurityNumber {
}
*
*
*/
@Documented
@Target(ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE)
public @interface TypeQualifierNickname {
}