Annotation Type Override



  • @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