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package groovy.transform;

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;

/**
 * This will let the Groovy compiler use compile time checks in the style of Java.
 * @author <a href="mailto:blackdrag@gmx.org">Jochen "blackdrag" Theodorou</a>
 */
@java.lang.annotation.Documented
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE)
@Target({   ElementType.METHOD,         ElementType.TYPE,
            ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR
})
@GroovyASTTransformationClass("org.codehaus.groovy.transform.StaticTypesTransformation")
public @interface TypeChecked {
    TypeCheckingMode value() default TypeCheckingMode.PASS;

    /**
     * The list of (classpath resources) paths to type checking DSL scripts, also known
     * as type checking extensions.
     * @return an array of paths to groovy scripts that must be on compile classpath
     */
    String[] extensions() default {};

    /**
     * This annotation is added by @TypeChecked on methods which have type checking turned on.
     * It is used to embed type information into binary, so that the type checker can use this information,
     * if available, for precompiled classes.
     */

    @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
    @Target(ElementType.METHOD)
    public @interface TypeCheckingInfo {
        /**
         * Returns the type checker information protocol number. This is used if the format of the
         * string used in {@link #inferredType()} changes.
         * @return the protocol version
         */
        int version() default 0;

        /**
         * An encoded type information.
         * @return the inferred type
         */
        String inferredType();
    }
}