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package java.lang.annotation;
/**
* Indicates that annotations with a type are to be documented by javadoc
* and similar tools by default. This type should be used to annotate the
* declarations of types whose annotations affect the use of annotated
* elements by their clients. If a type declaration is annotated with
* Documented, its annotations become part of the public API
* of the annotated elements.
*
* @author Joshua Bloch
* @since 1.5
*/
@Documented
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE)
public @interface Documented {
}