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package org.checkerframework.common.aliasing.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 annotation is used on a formal parameter to indicate that the
* parameter may be returned, but it is not otherwise leaked. (A parameter
* is leaked if it is stored in a field where it could be accessed later,
* and in that case this annotation would not apply.)
*
*
* For example, the receiver parameter of {@link StringBuffer#append(String
* s)} is annotated as @LeakedToResult
, because the method returns
* the updated receiver.
*
* @see NonLeaked
* @checker_framework.manual #aliasing-checker Aliasing Checker
*
* TODO: This annotation is currently trusted. A verification must be
* implemented.
*/
// This is a type qualifier because of a checker framework limitation (Issue 383), but its
// hierarchy is ignored. Once the stub parser gets updated to read non-type-qualifers
// annotations on stub files, this annotation won't be a type qualifier anymore.
@Documented
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target({ ElementType.TYPE_USE })
@SubtypeOf({NonLeaked.class})
public @interface LeakedToResult {}