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When an annotation type that has an @Inherited

meta-annotation
is applied to a class, that annotation should be inherited by
subclasses and descendants of the annotated class. The inheritance is
only for classes and their subclasses. If an
@Inherited annotation type is applied to a method
or program element other than a class, no inheritance applies. If the
@Inherited annotation type also has runtime
Retention, reflective access to the annotation
through java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement manages
the inheritance of the annotation.

Figure 10-79. java.lang.annotation.Inherited

public @interface

Inherited {
}