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/*
 * Copyright (C) 2010-2017 The Project Lombok Authors.
 * 
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
 * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
 * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
 * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
 * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 * 
 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
 * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 * 
 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
 * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
 * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
 * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
 * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
 * THE SOFTWARE.
 */
package lombok;

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

/**
 * @deprecated Use {@link lombok.experimental.Delegate} instead.
 */
@Target({ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.METHOD})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE)
@Deprecated
public @interface Delegate {
	/**
	 * Normally the type of the field is used as delegate type. However, to choose a different type to delegate, you can list one (or more) types here. Note that types with
	 * type arguments can only be done as a field type. A solution for this is to create a private inner interface/class with the appropriate types extended, and possibly
	 * with all methods you'd like to delegate listed, and then supply that class here. The field does not actually have to implement the type you're delegating; the
	 * type listed here is used only to determine which delegate methods to generate.
	 * 
	 * NB: All methods in {@code Object}, as well as {@code canEqual(Object other)} will never be delegated.
	 * 
	 * @return For each method (not already in {@code java.lang.Object}) in these types, generate a delegate method.
	 */
	Class[] types() default {};
	
	/**
	 * Each method in any of the types listed here (include supertypes) will not be delegated.
	 * 
	 * NB: All methods in {@code Object}, as well as {@code canEqual(Object other)} will never be delegated.
	 * 
	 * @return For each method (not already in {@code java.lang.Object}) in these types, skip generating a delegate method (overrides {@code types()}).
	 */
	Class[] excludes() default {};
}