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## java.lang
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 superclass. If a method is annotated with this annotation type but does not override a superclass method, compilers are required to generate an error message.

Since:
  1.5

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