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<pre>public interface <span class="typeNameLabel">ClassAnnotation</span></pre>
<div class="block">Provides a class annotation string for classes defined by a class
loader that is an instance of this interface.
<p>This interface allows a <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/ClassLoader.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang"><code>ClassLoader</code></a> subclass to
customize the behavior of <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/rmi/server/RMIClassLoader.html?is-external=true#getClassAnnotation-java.lang.Class-" title="class or interface in java.rmi.server"><code>RMIClassLoader.getClassAnnotation</code></a> (and thus RMI marshalling
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<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a></code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../net/jini/loader/ClassAnnotation.html#getClassAnnotation--">getClassAnnotation</a></span>()</code>
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<pre><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a>&nbsp;getClassAnnotation()</pre>
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