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package java.lang;
import java.lang.annotation.*;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.*;
/**
* Indicates that the named compiler warnings should be suppressed in the
* annotated element (and in all program elements contained in the annotated
* element). Note that the set of warnings suppressed in a given element is
* a superset of the warnings suppressed in all containing elements. For
* example, if you annotate a class to suppress one warning and annotate a
* method to suppress another, both warnings will be suppressed in the method.
*
* <p>As a matter of style, programmers should always use this annotation
* on the most deeply nested element where it is effective. If you want to
* suppress a warning in a particular method, you should annotate that
* method rather than its class.
*
* @since 1.5
* @author Josh Bloch
*/
@Target({TYPE, FIELD, METHOD, PARAMETER, CONSTRUCTOR, LOCAL_VARIABLE})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE)
public @interface SuppressWarnings {
/**
* The set of warnings that are to be suppressed by the compiler in the
* annotated element. Duplicate names are permitted. The second and
* successive occurrences of a name are ignored. The presence of
* unrecognized warning names is <i>not</i> an error: Compilers must
* ignore any warning names they do not recognize. They are, however,
* free to emit a warning if an annotation contains an unrecognized
* warning name.
*
* <p>Compiler vendors should document the warning names they support in
* conjunction with this annotation type. They are encouraged to cooperate
* to ensure that the same names work across multiple compilers.
*/
String[] value();
}