Java in a Nutshell, 5th Edition

Name

Target

Synopsis

A meta-annotation of this type specifies what program elements the annotated annotation type can be applied to. The value( ) of a Target annotation is an array of ElementType enumerated constants. See ElementType for details on the allowed values. If an annotation type does not have an @Target meta-annotation, it can be applied to any program element.

Figure 10-82. java.lang.annotation.Target

public @interface Target {
// Public Instance Methods
     ElementType[ ] value( );  
}