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/*
 * Copyright (C) 2009-2012 The Project Lombok Authors.
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package lombok.core;

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

/**
 * Will print the tree structure of annotated node and all its children.
 * 
 * This annotation is useful only for those working on Lombok, for example to test if a Lombok handlers is doing its
 * job correctly, or to see what the imagined endresult of a transformation is supposed to look like.
 */
@Target({ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR, ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.LOCAL_VARIABLE, ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.TYPE})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE)
public @interface PrintAST {
	/**
	 * Normally, the AST is printed to standard out, but you can pick a filename instead. Useful for many IDEs
	 * which don't have a console unless you start them from the command line.
	 */
	String outfile() default "";
	
	/**
	 * Sets whether to print node structure (false) or generated java code (true).
	 * 
	 * By setting printContent to true, the annotated element's java code representation is printed. If false,
	 * its node structure (e.g. node classname) is printed, and this process is repeated for all children.
	 */
	boolean printContent() default false;
	
	/**
	 * if {@code true} prints the start and end position of each node.
	 */
	boolean printPositions() default false;
}