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package groovy.transform;

import org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilerConfiguration;
import org.codehaus.groovy.transform.GroovyASTTransformationClass;

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

/**
 * Annotation to automatically add the final qualifier to method, constructor,
 * and closure parameters.
 * The annotation can be placed at the class level in which case it applies to
 * all methods, constructors, and closures within the class and any inner classes.
 * It can also be applied to an individual method, constructor, field with a
 * Closure initial value or a Closure assigned to a local variable. In the case
 * of fields (or local variables) it only adjusts the parameters of the referenced
 * Closure not the field (or local variable) itself.
 * 
If you wish to automatically apply the
 * annotation to all classes of a project, consider using
 * {@code groovyc --configscript}. Google "Customising The Groovy Compiler",
 * or see {@link CompilerConfiguration} for further details.
 * This will ensure that all arguments will automatically be final,
 * completely eliminating the need to clutter the code with final keywords
 * in any parameter list.
 * 

 * Example usage:
 * 
 * {@code @groovy.transform.AutoFinal}
 * class Person {
 *     final String first, last
 *     Person(String first, String last) {
 *         this.first = first
 *         this.last = last
 *     }
 *     String fullName(boolean reversed = false, String separator = ' ') {
 *         final concatCls = { String n0, String n1 {@code ->} "$n0$separator$n1" }
 *         concatCls(reversed ? last : first, reversed ? first : last)
 *     }
 * }
 *
 * final js = new Person('John', 'Smith')
 * assert js.fullName() == 'John Smith'
 * assert js.fullName(true, ', ') == 'Smith, John'
 * 
 * for this case, the constructor for the Person class will be
 * equivalent to the following code:
 *  * Person(final String first, final String last) {
 *   ...
 * }
 * 
 * And after normal default parameter processing takes place, the following overloaded methods will exist:
 *  * String fullName(final boolean reversed, final String separator) { ... }
 * String fullName(final boolean reversed) { fullName(reversed, ' ') }
 * String fullName() { fullName(false) }
 * 
 * and the closure will have become:
 *  * { final String n0, final String n1 {@code ->} "$n0$separator$n1" }
 * 
 *
 * @since 2.5.0
 */
@java.lang.annotation.Documented
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE)
@Target({ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR, ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.LOCAL_VARIABLE})
@GroovyASTTransformationClass("org.codehaus.groovy.transform.AutoFinalASTTransformation")
public @interface AutoFinal {
    /**
     * Indicates that adding final to parameters should not be applied on this node.
     * Normally not required since leaving off the annotation will achieve the same affect.
     * However, it can be useful for selectively disabling this annotation in just a small part
     * of an otherwise annotated class. As an example, it would make sense to set this to {@code false} on
     * a method which altered parameters in a class already marked as {@code @AutoFinal}.
     * All nodes in the class except that single method would be processed.
     */
    boolean enabled() default true;
}