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/*
 * Copyright (C) 2015 The Android Open Source Project
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package android.annotation;

import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.SOURCE;

/**
 * Denotes that the annotated method returns a result that it typically is
 * an error to ignore. This is usually used for methods that have no side effect,
 * so calling it without actually looking at the result usually means the developer
 * has misunderstood what the method does.
 * 
 * Example:
 * 
{@code
 *  public @CheckResult String trim(String s) { return s.trim(); }
 *  ...
 *  s.trim(); // this is probably an error
 *  s = s.trim(); // ok
 * }
 *
 * @hide
 */
@Retention(SOURCE)
@Target({METHOD})
public @interface CheckResult {
    /** Defines the name of the suggested method to use instead, if applicable (using
     * the same signature format as javadoc.) If there is more than one possibility,
     * list them all separated by commas.
     * 
     * For example, ProcessBuilder has a method named {@code redirectErrorStream()}
     * which sounds like it might redirect the error stream. It does not. It's just
     * a getter which returns whether the process builder will redirect the error stream,
     * and to actually set it, you must call {@code redirectErrorStream(boolean)}.
     * In that case, the method should be defined like this:
     * 
     *  @CheckResult(suggest="#redirectErrorStream(boolean)")
     *  public boolean redirectErrorStream() { ... }
     * 
     */
    String suggest() default "";
}