Override

public abstract @interface Override
implements Annotation

java.lang.Override

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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.

Summary

Inherited methods

From interface java.lang.annotation.Annotation abstract Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType() Returns the annotation interface of this annotation. abstract boolean equals(Object obj) Returns true if the specified object represents an annotation that is logically equivalent to this one. abstract int hashCode() Returns the hash code of this annotation. abstract String toString() Returns a string representation of this annotation.