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package org.testifyproject.guava.errorprone.annotations;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.CLASS;
import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
/**
* Annotation for method parameter declarations, which denotes that corresponding actual
* parameters must be compile-time constant expressions.
*
* When the formal parameter of a method or constructor is annotated with the
*{@link CompileTimeConstant} type annotation, the corresponding actual parameter must be
* an expression that satisfies one of the following conditions:
*
* - The expression is one for which the Java compiler can determine a constant value at compile
* time, or
*
- the expression consists of the literal {@code null}, or
*
- the expression consists of a single identifier, where the identifier is a formal method
* parameter that is declared {@code final} and has the {@link CompileTimeConstant} annotation.
*
*
* This constraint on call sites of methods or constructors that have one or more formal
* parameters with this annotation is enforced by error-prone.
*
*
For example, the following code snippet is legal:
*
* {@code
* public class C {
* private static final S = "Hello";
* void m(@CompileTimeConstant final String s) { }
* void n(@CompileTimeConstant final String t) {
* m(S + " World!");
* m(null);
* m(t);
* }
* }
* }
*
*
* In contrast, the following is illegal:
*
* {@code
* public class C {
* void m(@CompileTimeConstant final String s) { }
* void n(String t) {
* m(t);
* }
* }
* }
*
* Compile-time constant values are implicitly under the control of the trust domain of the
* application whose source code they are part of. Hence, this annotation is useful to constrain the
* use of APIs that may only be safely called with values that are under application control.
*
*
The current implementation of the @CompileTimeConstant checker cannot reason about more
* complex scenarios, for example, returning compile-time-constant values from a method, or storing
* compile-time-constant values in a collection. APIs will typically accommodate such use cases
* via domain-specific types that capture domain-specific aspects of trustworthiness that arise from
*/
@Documented
@Retention(CLASS)
@Target({ElementType.PARAMETER})
public @interface CompileTimeConstant {
}