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package org.checkerframework.framework.qual;

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

/**
 * A meta-annotation that indicates that an annotation E is a postcondition annotation, i.e., E is a
 * type-specialized version of {@link EnsuresQualifier}. The value {@code qualifier} that is
 * necessary for a postcondition specified with {@link EnsuresQualifier} is specified here with the
 * value {@code qualifier}.
 *
 * The annotation E that is meta-annotated as {@link PostconditionAnnotation} must have an
 * element called {@code value} that is an array of {@code String}s of the same format and with the
 * same meaning as the value {@code expression} in {@link EnsuresQualifier}.
 *
 * 
The established postcondition P has type specified by the {@code qualifier} field of this
 * annotation. If the annotation E has elements annotated by {@link QualifierArgument}, their values
 * are copied to the arguments (elements) of annotation P with the same names. Different element
 * names may be used in E and P, if a {@link QualifierArgument} in E gives the name of the
 * corresponding element in P.
 *
 * 
For example, the following code declares a postcondition annotation for the {@link
 * org.checkerframework.common.value.qual.MinLen} qualifier:
 *
 * 

 * {@literal @}PostconditionAnnotation(qualifier = MinLen.class)
 * {@literal @}Target({ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR})
 * public {@literal @}interface EnsuresMinLen {
 *   String[] value();
 *   {@literal @}QualifierArgument("value")
 *   int targetValue() default 0;
 * 
 *
 * The {@code value} element holds the expressions to which the qualifier applies and {@code
 * targetValue} holds the value for the {@code value} argument of {@link
 * org.checkerframework.common.value.qual.MinLen}.
 *
 * The following code then uses the annotation on a method that ensures {@code field} to be
 * {@code @MinLen(2)} upon return.
 *
 * 

 * {@literal @}EnsuresMinLen(value = "field", targetValue = 2")
 * public void setField(String argument) {
 *   field = "(" + argument + ")";
 * }
 * 
 *
 * @see EnsuresQualifier
 * @see QualifierArgument
 */
@Target({ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface PostconditionAnnotation {
    /** The qualifier that will be established as a postcondition. */
    Class qualifier();
}