Configuring Annotations to be RUNTIME Retention By Default (without individual @Retention)











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Is it possible to have a configuration where all Annotations of a given name or type are automatically RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME?



I came across a poblem where I need to use reflection at runtime to search for certain Annotations. But those are common Annotations scattered all over the app, such as @Service or @Transactional, and I can't go one by one and add @RetentionPolicy to each one, it would be too long.






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          The Java Language Specification, section 9.6.4.2. @Retention states:




          If T does not have a (meta-)annotation m that corresponds to java.lang.annotation.Retention, then a Java compiler must treat T as if it does have such a meta-annotation m with an element whose value is java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.CLASS.




          As you can see, it is a strict requirement that missing annotation is same as @Retention(RetentionPolicy.CLASS).



          If you need @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME), then you must explicitly specify that.






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            The Java Language Specification, section 9.6.4.2. @Retention states:




            If T does not have a (meta-)annotation m that corresponds to java.lang.annotation.Retention, then a Java compiler must treat T as if it does have such a meta-annotation m with an element whose value is java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.CLASS.




            As you can see, it is a strict requirement that missing annotation is same as @Retention(RetentionPolicy.CLASS).



            If you need @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME), then you must explicitly specify that.






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              The Java Language Specification, section 9.6.4.2. @Retention states:




              If T does not have a (meta-)annotation m that corresponds to java.lang.annotation.Retention, then a Java compiler must treat T as if it does have such a meta-annotation m with an element whose value is java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.CLASS.




              As you can see, it is a strict requirement that missing annotation is same as @Retention(RetentionPolicy.CLASS).



              If you need @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME), then you must explicitly specify that.






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                The Java Language Specification, section 9.6.4.2. @Retention states:




                If T does not have a (meta-)annotation m that corresponds to java.lang.annotation.Retention, then a Java compiler must treat T as if it does have such a meta-annotation m with an element whose value is java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.CLASS.




                As you can see, it is a strict requirement that missing annotation is same as @Retention(RetentionPolicy.CLASS).



                If you need @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME), then you must explicitly specify that.






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                The Java Language Specification, section 9.6.4.2. @Retention states:




                If T does not have a (meta-)annotation m that corresponds to java.lang.annotation.Retention, then a Java compiler must treat T as if it does have such a meta-annotation m with an element whose value is java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.CLASS.




                As you can see, it is a strict requirement that missing annotation is same as @Retention(RetentionPolicy.CLASS).



                If you need @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME), then you must explicitly specify that.







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