Signed.java

package org.checkerframework.checker.signedness.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;
import javax.lang.model.type.TypeKind;
import org.checkerframework.framework.qual.ImplicitFor;
import org.checkerframework.framework.qual.SubtypeOf;

/**
 * The value is to be interpreted as signed. That is, if the most significant bit in the bitwise
 * representation is set, then the bits should be interpreted as a negative number.
 *
 * @checker_framework.manual #signedness-checker Signedness Checker
 */
@Documented
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target({ElementType.TYPE_USE, ElementType.TYPE_PARAMETER})
@SubtypeOf({UnknownSignedness.class})
@ImplicitFor(
    types = {
        TypeKind.BYTE,
        TypeKind.INT,
        TypeKind.LONG,
        TypeKind.SHORT,
        TypeKind.FLOAT,
        TypeKind.DOUBLE,
        TypeKind.CHAR
    }

    // This is commented out until implicitly signed boxed types are implemented
    // correctly.

    /*,
    typeNames = {
        java.lang.Byte.class,
        java.lang.Short.class,
        java.lang.Integer.class,
        java.lang.Long.class
    }*/ )
public @interface Signed {}