IgnoreCheckStyle.java

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package org.eclipse.riena.internal.core.ignore;

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.*;

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

/**
 * Indicates that the warning issued by CheckStyle can be �ignored�. The effect
 * of this annotation is only for documentation purposes.
 * <p>
 * It usage is as follow:
 * 
 * <pre>
 * @IgnoreCheckStyle("oh, come on!")
 * </pre>
 * 
 * Multiple ignores look like this:
 * 
 * <pre>
 * @IgnoreFindBugs("oh, come on!",
 *                 "sigh")
 * </pre>
 * 
 * The first part (before the comma) of the annotation value is the FindBugs bug
 * detector name.
 */
@Target({ TYPE, FIELD, METHOD, PARAMETER, CONSTRUCTOR, LOCAL_VARIABLE })
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE)
public @interface IgnoreCheckStyle {

	/**
	 * The set of check style warnings and their justification
	 */
	String[] value();

}