org.checkerframework.common.reflection.qual.ClassVal Maven / Gradle / Ivy
package org.checkerframework.common.reflection.qual;
import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
import org.checkerframework.framework.qual.SubtypeOf;
/**
* This represents a {@link java.lang.Class Class<T>} object where the set of possible values
* of T is known at compile time. If only one argument is given, then the exact value of T is known.
* If more than one argument is given, then the value of T is one of those classes.
*
* @checker_framework.manual #methodval-and-classval-checkers ClassVal Checker
*/
@Documented
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target({ElementType.TYPE_USE, ElementType.TYPE_PARAMETER})
@SubtypeOf({UnknownClass.class})
public @interface ClassVal {
/**
* The name of the type that this Class object represents. The name is a "fully-qualified binary
* name" ({@link org.checkerframework.checker.signature.qual.FqBinaryName}): a primitive or binary name,
* possibly followed by some number of array brackets.
*
* @return the name of the type that this Class object represents
*/
String[] value();
}