Annotation Interface Override

@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.

See Java Language Specification:

8.4.8 Inheritance, Overriding, and Hiding
9.4.1 Inheritance and Overriding
9.6.4.4 @Override

Since:

1.5