java.lang
Annotation Type Override
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@Target(value=METHOD) @Retention(value=SOURCE) public @interface Override
Indicates that a method declaration is intended to override a method declaration in a supertype. If a method is annotated with this annotation type compilers are required to generate an error message unless at least one of the following conditions hold:- The method does override or implement a method declared in a supertype.
- The method has a signature that is override-equivalent to that of any public method declared in Object.
- Since:
- 1.5
- See The Java™ Language Specification:
- 9.6.1.4 @Override
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