8005713: Simplify library support for repeating annotations in java.lang.annotation

Reviewed-by: abuckley

src/share/classes/java/lang/annotation/Repeatable.java

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+
+package java.lang.annotation;
+
+/**
+ * The annotation type {@code java.lang.annotation.Repeatable} is
+ * used to indicate that the annotation type whose declaration it
+ * (meta-)annotates is <em>repeatable</em>. The value of
+ * {@code @Repeatable} indicates the <em>containing annotation
+ * type</em> for the repeatable annotation type.
+ *
+ * @since 1.8
+ * @jls 9.6 Annotation Types
+ * @jls 9.7 Annotations
+ */
+@Documented
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Target(ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE)
+public @interface Repeatable {
+    /**
+     * Indicates the <em>containing annotation type</em> for the
+     * repeatable annotation type.
+     */
+    Class<? extends Annotation> value();
+}