javax.annotation.meta

Annotation Type TypeQualifierNickname

@Documented
@Target(value=ANNOTATION_TYPE)
public @interface TypeQualifierNickname

This annotation is applied to a annotation, and marks the annotation as being a qualifier nickname. Applying a nickname annotation X to a element Y should be interpreted as having the same meaning as applying all of annotations of X (other than QualifierNickname) to Y.

Thus, you might define a qualifier SocialSecurityNumber as follows:

 @Documented
 @TypeQualifierNickname @Pattern("[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{4}") 
 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
 public @interface SocialSecurityNumber {
 }