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HREF="../../javax/annotation/MatchesPattern.Checker.html" title="class in javax.annotation">MatchesPattern.Checker</A></B></TD> <TD> </TD> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD WIDTH="15%"><B><A HREF="../../javax/annotation/Nonnegative.Checker.html" title="class in javax.annotation">Nonnegative.Checker</A></B></TD> <TD> </TD> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD WIDTH="15%"><B><A HREF="../../javax/annotation/Nonnull.Checker.html" title="class in javax.annotation">Nonnull.Checker</A></B></TD> <TD> </TD> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD WIDTH="15%"><B><A HREF="../../javax/annotation/RegEx.Checker.html" title="class in javax.annotation">RegEx.Checker</A></B></TD> <TD> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <P> <TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> <TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> <TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE="+2"> <B>Annotation Types Summary</B></FONT></TH> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD WIDTH="15%"><B><A HREF="../../javax/annotation/CheckForNull.html" title="annotation in javax.annotation">CheckForNull</A></B></TD> <TD> </TD> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD WIDTH="15%"><B><A HREF="../../javax/annotation/CheckForSigned.html" title="annotation in javax.annotation">CheckForSigned</A></B></TD> <TD>Used to annotate a value that may be either negative or nonnegative, and indicates that uses of it should check for negative values before using it in a way that requires the value to be nonnegative, and check for it being nonnegative before using it in a way that requires it to be negative.</TD> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD WIDTH="15%"><B><A HREF="../../javax/annotation/CheckReturnValue.html" title="annotation in javax.annotation">CheckReturnValue</A></B></TD> <TD> </TD> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD WIDTH="15%"><B><A HREF="../../javax/annotation/Detainted.html" title="annotation in 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HREF="../../javax/annotation/OverridingMethodsMustInvokeSuper.html" title="annotation in javax.annotation">OverridingMethodsMustInvokeSuper</A></B></TD> <TD>When this annotation is applied to a method, it indicates that if this method is overridden in a subclass, the overriding method should invoke this method (through method invocation on super).</TD> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD WIDTH="15%"><B><A HREF="../../javax/annotation/ParametersAreNonnullByDefault.html" title="annotation in javax.annotation">ParametersAreNonnullByDefault</A></B></TD> <TD>This annotation can be applied to a package, class or method to indicate that the method parameters in that element are nonnull by default unless there is: An explicit nullness annotation The method overrides a method in a superclass (in which case the annotation of the corresponding parameter in the superclass applies) there is a default parameter annotation applied to a more tightly nested element.</TD> </TR> <TR 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