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package org.checkerframework.framework.qual;
/**
* Specifies the locations to which a {@link DefaultQualifier} annotation applies.
*
* The order of enums is important. Defaults are applied in this order. In particular, this means
* that OTHERWISE and ALL should be last.
*
* @see DefaultQualifier
* @see javax.lang.model.element.ElementKind
*/
public enum TypeUseLocation {
/** Apply default annotations to all unannotated raw types of fields. */
FIELD,
/**
* Apply default annotations to all unannotated raw types of local variables, casts, and
* instanceof.
*
*
TODO: should cast/instanceof be separated?
*/
LOCAL_VARIABLE,
/** Apply default annotations to all unannotated raw types of resource variables. */
RESOURCE_VARIABLE,
/** Apply default annotations to all unannotated raw types of exception parameters. */
EXCEPTION_PARAMETER,
/** Apply default annotations to all unannotated raw types of receiver types. */
RECEIVER,
/**
* Apply default annotations to all unannotated raw types of formal parameter types, excluding the
* receiver.
*/
PARAMETER,
/** Apply default annotations to all unannotated raw types of return types. */
RETURN,
/** Apply default annotations to all unannotated raw types of constructor result types. */
CONSTRUCTOR_RESULT,
/**
* Apply default annotations to unannotated lower bounds for type variables and wildcards both
* explicit ones in {@code extends} clauses, and implicit upper bounds when no explicit {@code
* extends} or {@code super} clause is present.
*/
LOWER_BOUND,
/**
* Apply default annotations to unannotated, but explicit lower bounds: {@code }
*/
EXPLICIT_LOWER_BOUND,
/**
* Apply default annotations to unannotated, but implicit lower bounds: {@code } {@code }.
*/
IMPLICIT_LOWER_BOUND,
/**
* Apply default annotations to unannotated upper bounds: both explicit ones in {@code extends}
* clauses, and implicit upper bounds when no explicit {@code extends} or {@code super} clause is
* present.
*
* Especially useful for parametrized classes that provide a lot of static methods with the
* same generic parameters as the class.
*/
UPPER_BOUND,
/**
* Apply default annotations to unannotated, but explicit upper bounds: {@code }.
*/
EXPLICIT_UPPER_BOUND,
/** Apply default annotations to unannotated type variables: {@code }. */
IMPLICIT_UPPER_BOUND,
/** Apply if nothing more concrete is provided. TODO: clarify relation to ALL. */
OTHERWISE,
/**
* Apply default annotations to all type uses other than uses of type parameters. Does not allow
* any of the other constants. Usually you want OTHERWISE.
*/
ALL;
}