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BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> 84<TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE="+2"> 85<B>Class Summary</B></FONT></TH> 86</TR> 87<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 88<TD WIDTH="15%"><B><A HREF="../../javax/annotation/MatchesPattern.Checker.html" title="class in javax.annotation">MatchesPattern.Checker</A></B></TD> 89<TD> </TD> 90</TR> 91<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 92<TD WIDTH="15%"><B><A HREF="../../javax/annotation/Nonnegative.Checker.html" title="class in javax.annotation">Nonnegative.Checker</A></B></TD> 93<TD> </TD> 94</TR> 95<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 96<TD WIDTH="15%"><B><A HREF="../../javax/annotation/Nonnull.Checker.html" title="class in javax.annotation">Nonnull.Checker</A></B></TD> 97<TD> </TD> 98</TR> 99<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 100<TD WIDTH="15%"><B><A HREF="../../javax/annotation/RegEx.Checker.html" title="class in javax.annotation">RegEx.Checker</A></B></TD> 101<TD> </TD> 102</TR> 103</TABLE> 104 105 106<P> 107 108<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 109<TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> 110<TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE="+2"> 111<B>Annotation Types Summary</B></FONT></TH> 112</TR> 113<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 114<TD WIDTH="15%"><B><A HREF="../../javax/annotation/CheckForNull.html" title="annotation in javax.annotation">CheckForNull</A></B></TD> 115<TD> </TD> 116</TR> 117<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 118<TD WIDTH="15%"><B><A HREF="../../javax/annotation/CheckForSigned.html" title="annotation in javax.annotation">CheckForSigned</A></B></TD> 119<TD>Used to annotate a value that may be either negative or nonnegative, and 120 indicates that uses of it should check for 121 negative values before using it in a way that requires the value to be 122 nonnegative, and check for it being nonnegative before using it in a way that 123 requires it to be negative.</TD> 124</TR> 125<TR BGCOLOR="white" 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title="annotation in javax.annotation">Nonnull</A></B></TD> 143<TD> </TD> 144</TR> 145<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 146<TD WIDTH="15%"><B><A HREF="../../javax/annotation/Nullable.html" title="annotation in javax.annotation">Nullable</A></B></TD> 147<TD> </TD> 148</TR> 149<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 150<TD WIDTH="15%"><B><A HREF="../../javax/annotation/OverridingMethodsMustInvokeSuper.html" title="annotation in javax.annotation">OverridingMethodsMustInvokeSuper</A></B></TD> 151<TD>When this annotation is applied to a method, it indicates that if this method 152 is overridden in a subclass, the overriding method should invoke this method 153 (through method invocation on super).</TD> 154</TR> 155<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 156<TD WIDTH="15%"><B><A HREF="../../javax/annotation/ParametersAreNonnullByDefault.html" title="annotation in javax.annotation">ParametersAreNonnullByDefault</A></B></TD> 157<TD>This annotation can be applied to a package, class or method to indicate that 158 the method parameters in that element are nonnull by default unless there is: 159 160 An explicit nullness annotation 161 The method overrides a method in a superclass (in which case the 162 annotation of the corresponding parameter in the superclass applies) 163 there is a default parameter annotation applied to a more tightly nested 164 element.</TD> 165</TR> 166<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 167<TD WIDTH="15%"><B><A HREF="../../javax/annotation/ParametersAreNullableByDefault.html" title="annotation in javax.annotation">ParametersAreNullableByDefault</A></B></TD> 168<TD>This annotation can be applied to a package, class or method to indicate that 169 the method parameters in that element are nullable by default unless there is: 170 171 An explicit nullness annotation 172 The method overrides a method in a superclass (in which case the 173 annotation of the corresponding parameter in the superclass applies) 174 there is a default parameter annotation applied to a more tightly nested 175 element.</TD> 176</TR> 177<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 178<TD WIDTH="15%"><B><A HREF="../../javax/annotation/PropertyKey.html" title="annotation in javax.annotation">PropertyKey</A></B></TD> 179<TD> </TD> 180</TR> 181<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 182<TD WIDTH="15%"><B><A HREF="../../javax/annotation/RegEx.html" title="annotation in javax.annotation">RegEx</A></B></TD> 183<TD>This qualifier is used to denote String values that should be a Regular 184 expression.</TD> 185</TR> 186<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 187<TD WIDTH="15%"><B><A HREF="../../javax/annotation/Signed.html" title="annotation in javax.annotation">Signed</A></B></TD> 188<TD>Used to annotate a value of unknown sign</TD> 189</TR> 190<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 191<TD WIDTH="15%"><B><A HREF="../../javax/annotation/Syntax.html" title="annotation in javax.annotation">Syntax</A></B></TD> 192<TD>This annotation a value that is of a particular syntax, such as Java syntax 193 or regular expression syntax.</TD> 194</TR> 195<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 196<TD WIDTH="15%"><B><A HREF="../../javax/annotation/Tainted.html" title="annotation in javax.annotation">Tainted</A></B></TD> 197<TD> </TD> 198</TR> 199<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 200<TD WIDTH="15%"><B><A HREF="../../javax/annotation/Untainted.html" title="annotation in javax.annotation">Untainted</A></B></TD> 201<TD> </TD> 202</TR> 203<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 204<TD WIDTH="15%"><B><A HREF="../../javax/annotation/WillClose.html" title="annotation in javax.annotation">WillClose</A></B></TD> 205<TD> </TD> 206</TR> 207<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 208<TD WIDTH="15%"><B><A HREF="../../javax/annotation/WillCloseWhenClosed.html" title="annotation in javax.annotation">WillCloseWhenClosed</A></B></TD> 209<TD> </TD> 210</TR> 211<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 212<TD WIDTH="15%"><B><A 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