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package lombok.experimental;

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

import lombok.AccessLevel;

/**
 * Put on any field to make lombok build a 'withBy' - a withFieldNameBy method which produces a clone of this object (except for 1 field which gets a new value).
 * 
 * Complete documentation is found at the project lombok features page for @WithBy.
 * 

 * Example:
 * 
 *     private @WithBy final int foo;
 *     private @WithBy final String bar;
 * 
 * 
 * will generate:
 * 
 *  *     public SELF_TYPE withFooBy(@lombok.NonNull IntUnaryOperator operator) {
 *         int foo = operator.apply(this.foo);
 *         return this.foo == foo ? this : new SELF_TYPE(foo, bar);
 *     }
 *     public SELF_TYPE withBarBy(@lombok.NonNull Function<? super String, ? extends String> operator) {
 *         String bar = operator.apply(this.bar);
 *         return this.bar == bar ? this : new SELF_TYPE(foo, bar);
 *     }
 * 
 * 
 * This annotation can also be applied to a class, in which case it'll be as if all non-static fields that don't already have
 * a {@code WithBy} annotation have the annotation.
 * 

 * This annotation is primarily useful for hierarchical immutable data structures. For example:
 * 
 * 
 *     class Movie {
 *         @WithBy private final Director director;
 *     }
 *     
 *     class Director {
 *         @WithBy private final LocalDate birthDate;
 *     }
 * 
 * 
 * Using plain old {@code @With}, to increment a movie's director's birth date by one, you would write:
 * 
 *  *     movie = movie.withDirector(movie.getDirector().withBirthDate(movie.getDirector().getBirthDate().plusDays(1)));
 * 
 * 
 * but with {@code @WithBy}, you'd write:
 * 
 *  *     movie = movie.withDirectorBy(d -> d.withBirthDateBy(bd -> bd.plusDays(1)));
 * 
 */
@Target({ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.TYPE})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE)
public @interface WithBy {
	/**
	 * If you want your with method to be non-public, you can specify an alternate access level here.
	 * 
	 * @return The method will be generated with this access modifier.
	 */
	AccessLevel value() default AccessLevel.PUBLIC;
	
	/**
	 * Any annotations listed here are put on the generated method.
	 * The syntax for this feature depends on JDK version (nothing we can do about that; it's to work around javac bugs).

	 * up to JDK7:

	 *  {@code @With(onMethod=@__({@AnnotationsGoHere}))}

	 * from JDK8:

	 *  {@code @With(onMethod_={@AnnotationsGohere})} // note the underscore after {@code onMethod}.
	 * 
	 * @return List of annotations to apply to the generated method.
	 */
	AnyAnnotation[] onMethod() default {};
	
	/**
	  * Placeholder annotation to enable the placement of annotations on the generated code.
	  * @deprecated Don't use this annotation, ever - Read the documentation.
	  */
	@Deprecated
	@Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE)
	@Target({})
	@interface AnyAnnotation {}
}