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package org.checkerframework.checker.mustcall.qual;
import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Repeatable;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
import org.checkerframework.checker.calledmethods.qual.CalledMethods;
import org.checkerframework.framework.qual.InheritedAnnotation;
import org.checkerframework.framework.qual.JavaExpression;
/**
* Indicates that the method resets the expression's must-call type to its declared type. This
* effectively undoes flow-sensitive type refinement. The expression is the {@code value}
* argument/element. More precisely, a call to a method annotated by this annotation changes the
* expression's must-call type to the least upper bound of its current must-call type and its
* declared must-call type.
*
* When calling a method annotated as {@code @CreatesMustCallFor("}expression{@code ")},
* the {@code expression}'s static type in the Called Methods type system must be {@code @}{@link
* CalledMethods}{@code ({})}. That is, {@code expression}'s CalledMethods type must be empty.
*
*
{@code @CreatesMustCallFor("obj")} must be written on any method that assigns a non-final,
* owning field of {@code obj} whose declared type has a must-call obligation.
*
*
Because this annotation can only add obligations, it can be written safely on any method, even
* one that does not actually create a new obligation. Writing this annotation on a method that does
* not actually create any new obligations may lead to false alarms (warnings at correct code), but
* never to missed alarms (lack of warnings at incorrect code).
*
*
As an example, consider the following code, which uses a {@code @CreatesMustCallFor}
* annotation to indicate that the {@code reset()} method re-assigns the {@code socket} field:
*
*
* @MustCall("stop")
* class SocketContainer {
* // Note that @MustCall("close") is the default type for java.net.Socket, but it
* // is included on the next line for illustrative purposes. This example would function
* // identically if that qualifier were omitted.
* private @Owning @MustCall("close") Socket socket = ...;
*
* @EnsuresCalledMethods(value="this.socket", methods="close")
* public void stop() throws IOException {
* socket.close();
* }
*
* @CreatesMustCallFor("this")
* public void reset() {
* if (socket.isClosed()) {
* socket = new Socket(...);
* }
* }
* }
*
*
* A client of {@code SocketContainer} is permitted to call {@code reset()} arbitrarily many times.
* Each time it does so, a new {@code Socket} might be created. A {@code SocketContainer}'s
* must-call obligation of "stop" is fulfilled only if {@code stop()} is called after the last call
* to {@code reset()}. The {@code @CreatesMustCallFor} annotation on {@code reset()}'s declaration
* enforces this requirement: at any call to {@code reset()}, all called-methods information about
* the receiver is removed from the store of the Must Call Checker and the store of the Called
* Methods Checker, so the client has to "start over" as if a fresh {@code SocketContainer} object
* had been created.
*
* When the {@code -AnoCreatesMustCallFor} command-line argument is passed to the checker, this
* annotation is ignored and all fields are treated as non-owning.
*
* @checker_framework.manual #resource-leak-checker Resource Leak Checker
*/
@Target({ElementType.METHOD})
@InheritedAnnotation
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Repeatable(CreatesMustCallFor.List.class)
public @interface CreatesMustCallFor {
/**
* Returns the expression whose must-call type is reset after a call to a method with this
* annotation. The expression must be visible in the scope immediately before each call site, so
* it can only refer to fields, the method's parameters (which should be referenced via the "#X"
* syntax, where "#1" is the first argument, #2 is the second, etc.), or {@code "this"}. The
* default is {@code "this"}. At call-sites, the viewpoint-adapted referent of expression must be
* owning (an owning field, a local variable tracked in a resource alias set, etc.) or a {@code
* reset.not.owning} error is issued.
*
* @return the expression to which must-call obligations are added when the annotated method is
* invoked
*/
@JavaExpression
String value() default "this";
/**
* A wrapper annotation that makes the {@link CreatesMustCallFor} annotation repeatable.
*
*
Programmers generally do not need to write this. It is created by Java when a programmer
* writes more than one {@link CreatesMustCallFor} annotation at the same location.
*
* @checker_framework.manual #must-call-checker Must Call Checker
*/
@Documented
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target({ElementType.METHOD})
@InheritedAnnotation
public static @interface List {
/**
* Return the repeatable annotations.
*
* @return the repeatable annotations
*/
CreatesMustCallFor[] value();
}
}