changeset 4071:3b47c6cb966e

8175013: Add Generated annotation Reviewed-by: darcy, alanb
author lancea
date Wed, 29 Mar 2017 16:31:29 -0400
parents bb0649dbe925
children 573dfe4c63d4
files src/java.compiler/share/classes/javax/annotation/processing/Generated.java
diffstat 1 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2005, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+package javax.annotation.processing;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.*;
+import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.*;
+import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.*;
+
+/**
+ * The Generated annotation is used to mark source code that has been generated.
+ * It can also be used to differentiate user written code from generated code in
+ * a single file.
+ *
+ * <h3>Examples:</h3>
+ * <pre>
+ *   &#064;Generated("com.example.Generator")
+ * </pre>
+ * <pre>
+ *   &#064;Generated(value="com.example.Generator", date= "2017-07-04T12:08:56.235-0700")
+ * </pre>
+ * <pre>
+ *   &#064;Generated(value="com.example.Generator", date= "2017-07-04T12:08:56.235-0700",
+ *      comments= "comment 1")
+ * </pre>
+ *
+ * @since 9
+ */
+@Documented
+@Retention(SOURCE)
+@Target({PACKAGE, TYPE, METHOD, CONSTRUCTOR, FIELD,
+    LOCAL_VARIABLE, PARAMETER})
+public @interface Generated {
+
+    /**
+     * The value element MUST have the name of the code generator. The
+     * name is the fully qualified name of the code generator.
+     *
+     * @return The name of the code generator
+     */
+    String[] value();
+
+    /**
+     * Date when the source was generated. The date element must follow the ISO
+     * 8601 standard. For example the date element would have the following
+     * value 2017-07-04T12:08:56.235-0700 which represents 2017-07-04 12:08:56
+     * local time in the U.S. Pacific Time time zone.
+     *
+     * @return The date the source was generated
+     */
+    String date() default "";
+
+    /**
+     * A place holder for any comments that the code generator may want to
+     * include in the generated code.
+     *
+     * @return Comments that the code generated included
+     */
+    String comments() default "";
+}