@Target

@Target 어노테이션이 메타 어노테이션으로 선언된 어노테이션이 적용될 위치를 결정한다.

package java.lang.annotation;

/**
 * Indicates the contexts in which an annotation type is applicable. The
 * declaration contexts and type contexts in which an annotation type may be
 * applicable are specified in JLS 9.6.4.1, and denoted in source code by enum
 * constants of {@link ElementType java.lang.annotation.ElementType}.
 *
 * <p>If an {@code @Target} meta-annotation is not present on an annotation type
 * {@code T} , then an annotation of type {@code T} may be written as a
 * modifier for any declaration except a type parameter declaration.
 *
 * <p>If an {@code @Target} meta-annotation is present, the compiler will enforce
 * the usage restrictions indicated by {@code ElementType}
 * enum constants, in line with JLS 9.7.4.
 *
 * <p>For example, this {@code @Target} meta-annotation indicates that the
 * declared type is itself a meta-annotation type.  It can only be used on
 * annotation type declarations:
 * <pre>
 *    &#064;Target(ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE)
 *    public &#064;interface MetaAnnotationType {
 *        ...
 *    }
 * </pre>
 *
 * <p>This {@code @Target} meta-annotation indicates that the declared type is
 * intended solely for use as a member type in complex annotation type
 * declarations.  It cannot be used to annotate anything directly:
 * <pre>
 *    &#064;Target({})
 *    public &#064;interface MemberType {
 *        ...
 *    }
 * </pre>
 *
 * <p>It is a compile-time error for a single {@code ElementType} constant to
 * appear more than once in an {@code @Target} annotation.  For example, the
 * following {@code @Target} meta-annotation is illegal:
 * <pre>
 *    &#064;Target({ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.FIELD})
 *    public &#064;interface Bogus {
 *        ...
 *    }
 * </pre>
 *
 * @since 1.5
 * @jls 9.6.4.1 @Target
 * @jls 9.7.4 Where Annotations May Appear
 * @jls 9.7.5 Multiple Annotations of the Same Type
 */
@Documented
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE)
public @interface Target {
    /**
     * Returns an array of the kinds of elements an annotation type
     * can be applied to.
     * @return an array of the kinds of elements an annotation type
     * can be applied to
     */
    ElementType[] value();
}

@TargetElementType으로 어디에 적용될지 지정할 수 있다.

package java.lang.annotation;

public enum ElementType {
    /** Class, interface (including annotation type), or enum declaration */
    TYPE,

    /** Field declaration (includes enum constants) */
    FIELD,

    /** Method declaration */
    METHOD,

    /** Formal parameter declaration */
    PARAMETER,

    /** Constructor declaration */
    CONSTRUCTOR,

    /** Local variable declaration */
    LOCAL_VARIABLE,

    /** Annotation type declaration */
    ANNOTATION_TYPE,

    /** Package declaration */
    PACKAGE,

    /**
     * Type parameter declaration
     *
     * @since 1.8
     */
    TYPE_PARAMETER,

    /**
     * Use of a type
     *
     * @since 1.8
     */
    TYPE_USE,

    /**
     * Module declaration.
     *
     * @since 9
     */
    MODULE
}

해당 클래스 파일에 언제 사용하는지 자세하게 설명되어 있으며, 알맞게 지정해서 사용할 수 있다.

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