checker-qual/src/main/java/org/checkerframework/framework/qual/AnnotatedFor.java

package org.checkerframework.framework.qual;

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

/**
 * Indicates that this class has been annotated for the given type system. For example,
 * {@code @AnnotatedFor({"nullness", "regex"})} indicates that the class has been annotated with
 * annotations such as {@code @Nullable} and {@code @Regex}.
 *
 * <p>You should only use this annotation in a partially-annotated library. There is no point to
 * using it in a fully-annotated library nor in an application that does not export APIs for
 * clients.
 *
 * <p>This annotation has no effect unless the {@code
 * -AuseConservativeDefaultsForUncheckedCode=source} command-line argument is supplied. Ordinarily,
 * the {@code -AuseConservativeDefaultsForUncheckedCode=source} command-line argument causes
 * unannotated locations to be defaulted using conservative defaults, and it suppresses all
 * warnings. However, a class with a relevant {@code @AnnotatedFor} annotation is always defaulted
 * normally (typically using the CLIMB-to-top rule), and typechecking warnings are issued.
 *
 * @checker_framework.manual #compiling-libraries Compiling partially-annotated libraries
 */
@Documented
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE)
@Target({ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR, ElementType.PACKAGE})
public @interface AnnotatedFor {
  /**
   * Returns the type systems for which the class has been annotated. Legal arguments are any string
   * that may be passed to the {@code -processor} command-line argument: the fully-qualified class
   * name for the checker, or a shorthand for built-in checkers. Using the annotation with no
   * arguments, as in {@code @AnnotatedFor({})}, has no effect.
   *
   * @return the type systems for which the class has been annotated
   * @checker_framework.manual #shorthand-for-checkers Short names for built-in checkers
   */
  String[] value();
}