Java @Inherited

In Java, the @Inherited annotation is used to indicate that an annotation should be inherited by subclass methods and fields. This means that if a superclass is annotated with a particular annotation, and the @Inherited annotation is applied to that annotation, then the subclass will also have that annotation.

Here is an example of how the @Inherited annotation can be used:

import java.lang.annotation.*;

@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
@Inherited
@interface Test {
  String value() default "";
}

@Test
class SuperClass {
  // code goes here
}

class SubClass extends SuperClass {
  // code goes here
}

In this example, the @Test annotation is applied to the SuperClass class, and the @Inherited annotation is applied to the @Test annotation. This means that the SubClass class will also have the @Test annotation, even though it is not explicitly annotated.

The @Inherited annotation is only applicable to class-level annotations, and it has no effect on method-level or field-level annotations.