net.jcip.annotations.GuardedBy Maven / Gradle / Ivy

Go to download

Show more of this group Show more artifacts with this name
Show all versions of com.liferay.mail.outlook.auth.connector.provider

Liferay Mail Outlook Auth Connector Provider

There is a newer version: 1.0.15

Show newest version

/*
 * Copyright 2013 Stephen Connolly.
 *
 * 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 net.jcip.annotations;

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

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.FIELD;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;

/**
 * The presence of this annotation indicates that the field or method must only be accessed when holding the specified
 * lock.
 */
@Documented
@Target(value = {FIELD, METHOD})
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface GuardedBy {
    /**
     * The specified lock that guards the annotated field or method. Valid values are:
     * 
     * {@code this} indicates the intrinsic lock of the instance containing the field or method.
     * class-name.this which allows for disambiguation of which {@code this} when dealing
     * with inner classes
     * {@code itself} which is valid for reference fields only, and indicates that the referenced instance's
     * own intrinsic lock should be used as the guard
     * field-name indicates the named instance or static field is to be used as the guard. If
     * the field type is not a sub-type of {@link java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock} then the intrinsic lock of
     * the referenced instance is to be used
     * class-name.field-name indicates the named static field is to be used as the
     * guard. If the field type is not a sub-type of {@link java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock} then the intrinsic lock of
     * the referenced instance is to be used
     * method-name() indicates that the zero-argument method should be called to obtain the
     * lock object. If the return type is not a sub-type of {@link java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock} then the intrinsic
     * lock of the returned instance is to be used
     * class-name.class indicates that the intrinsic lock of the specified class should be used
     * as the guard
     * 
     *
     * @return The specified lock that guards the annotated field or method
     */
    String value();
}