# Uses of Package
java.lang.annotation

Packages that use java.lang.annotation
Package
Description
java.awt
Contains all of the classes for creating user interfaces and for painting graphics and images.
java.awt.color
Provides classes for color spaces.
java.awt.dnd
Drag and Drop is a direct manipulation gesture found in many Graphical User Interface systems that provides a mechanism to transfer information between two entities logically associated with presentation elements in the GUI.
java.awt.event
Provides interfaces and classes for dealing with different types of events fired by AWT components.
java.awt.geom
Provides the Java 2D classes for defining and performing operations on objects related to two-dimensional geometry.
java.awt.image
Provides classes for creating and modifying images.
java.awt.print
Provides classes and interfaces for a general printing API.
java.beans
Contains classes related to developing beans -- components based on the JavaBeans architecture.
java.io
Provides for system input and output through data streams, serialization and the file system.
java.lang
Provides classes that are fundamental to the design of the Java programming language.
java.lang.annotation
Provides library support for the Java programming language annotation facility.
java.lang.reflect
Provides classes and interfaces for obtaining reflective information about classes and objects.
java.net
Provides the classes for implementing networking applications.
java.net.spi
Service-provider classes for the `java.net` package.
javax.annotation.processing
Facilities for declaring annotation processors and for allowing annotation processors to communicate with an annotation processing tool environment.
javax.lang.model
Types and hierarchies of packages comprising a Java language model, a reflective API that models the declarations and types of the Java programming language.
javax.lang.model.element
Interfaces used to model elements of the Java programming language.
javax.lang.model.type
Interfaces used to model Java programming language types.
javax.management
Provides the core classes for the Java Management Extensions.
javax.swing
Provides a set of "lightweight" (all-Java language) components that, to the maximum degree possible, work the same on all platforms.
jdk.jfr
This package provides classes to create events and control Flight Recorder.

- Classes in java.lang.annotation used by java.awt
  Class
  Description
  Native
  Indicates that a field defining a constant value may be referenced from native code.
- Classes in java.lang.annotation used by java.awt.color
  Class
  Description
  Native
  Indicates that a field defining a constant value may be referenced from native code.
- Classes in java.lang.annotation used by java.awt.dnd
  Class
  Description
  Native
  Indicates that a field defining a constant value may be referenced from native code.
- Classes in java.lang.annotation used by java.awt.event
  Class
  Description
  Native
  Indicates that a field defining a constant value may be referenced from native code.
- Classes in java.lang.annotation used by java.awt.geom
  Class
  Description
  Native
  Indicates that a field defining a constant value may be referenced from native code.
- Classes in java.lang.annotation used by java.awt.image
  Class
  Description
  Native
  Indicates that a field defining a constant value may be referenced from native code.
- Classes in java.lang.annotation used by java.awt.print
  Class
  Description
  Native
  Indicates that a field defining a constant value may be referenced from native code.
- Classes in java.lang.annotation used by java.beans
  Class
  Description
  Annotation
  The common interface extended by all annotation interfaces.
  Documented
  If the annotation `@Documented` is present on the declaration of an annotation interface A, then any `@A` annotation on an element is considered part of the element's public contract.
  Retention
  Indicates how long annotations with the annotated interface are to be retained.
  Target
  Indicates the contexts in which an annotation interface is applicable.
- Classes in java.lang.annotation used by java.io
  Class
  Description
  Annotation
  The common interface extended by all annotation interfaces.
  Retention
  Indicates how long annotations with the annotated interface are to be retained.
  Target
  Indicates the contexts in which an annotation interface is applicable.
- Classes in java.lang.annotation used by java.lang
  Class
  Description
  Annotation
  The common interface extended by all annotation interfaces.
  Documented
  If the annotation `@Documented` is present on the declaration of an annotation interface A, then any `@A` annotation on an element is considered part of the element's public contract.
  Native
  Indicates that a field defining a constant value may be referenced from native code.
  Retention
  Indicates how long annotations with the annotated interface are to be retained.
  Target
  Indicates the contexts in which an annotation interface is applicable.
- Classes in java.lang.annotation used by java.lang.annotation
  Class
  Description
  Annotation
  The common interface extended by all annotation interfaces.
  Documented
  If the annotation `@Documented` is present on the declaration of an annotation interface A, then any `@A` annotation on an element is considered part of the element's public contract.
  ElementType
  The constants of this enumerated class provide a simple classification of the syntactic locations where annotations may appear in a Java program.
  Retention
  Indicates how long annotations with the annotated interface are to be retained.
  RetentionPolicy
  Annotation retention policy.
  Target
  Indicates the contexts in which an annotation interface is applicable.
- Classes in java.lang.annotation used by java.lang.reflect
  Class
  Description
  Annotation
  The common interface extended by all annotation interfaces.
- Classes in java.lang.annotation used by java.net
  Class
  Description
  Native
  Indicates that a field defining a constant value may be referenced from native code.
- Classes in java.lang.annotation used by java.net.spi
  Class
  Description
  Native
  Indicates that a field defining a constant value may be referenced from native code.
- Classes in java.lang.annotation used by javax.annotation.processing
  Class
  Description
  Annotation
  The common interface extended by all annotation interfaces.
  Documented
  If the annotation `@Documented` is present on the declaration of an annotation interface A, then any `@A` annotation on an element is considered part of the element's public contract.
  Retention
  Indicates how long annotations with the annotated interface are to be retained.
  Target
  Indicates the contexts in which an annotation interface is applicable.
- Classes in java.lang.annotation used by javax.lang.model
  Class
  Description
  Annotation
  The common interface extended by all annotation interfaces.
- Classes in java.lang.annotation used by javax.lang.model.element
  Class
  Description
  Annotation
  The common interface extended by all annotation interfaces.
- Classes in java.lang.annotation used by javax.lang.model.type
  Class
  Description
  Annotation
  The common interface extended by all annotation interfaces.
- Classes in java.lang.annotation used by javax.management
  Class
  Description
  Annotation
  The common interface extended by all annotation interfaces.
  Documented
  If the annotation `@Documented` is present on the declaration of an annotation interface A, then any `@A` annotation on an element is considered part of the element's public contract.
  Retention
  Indicates how long annotations with the annotated interface are to be retained.
  Target
  Indicates the contexts in which an annotation interface is applicable.
- Classes in java.lang.annotation used by javax.swing
  Class
  Description
  Annotation
  The common interface extended by all annotation interfaces.
  Retention
  Indicates how long annotations with the annotated interface are to be retained.
  Target
  Indicates the contexts in which an annotation interface is applicable.
- Classes in java.lang.annotation used by jdk.jfr
  Class
  Description
  Annotation
  The common interface extended by all annotation interfaces.
  Inherited
  Indicates that an annotation interface is automatically inherited.
  Retention
  Indicates how long annotations with the annotated interface are to be retained.
  Target
  Indicates the contexts in which an annotation interface is applicable.