• @Target(METHOD)
@Retention(SOURCE)
public @interface Override

    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.
    Since:
    1.5
    See The Java™ Language Specification:
    8.4.8 Inheritance, Overriding, and Hiding, 9.4.1 Inheritance and Overriding, 9.6.4.4 @Override