1 package javax.annotation.concurrent; 2 3 import java.lang.annotation.ElementType; 4 import java.lang.annotation.Retention; 5 import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy; 6 import java.lang.annotation.Target; 7 8 /* 9 * Copyright (c) 2005 Brian Goetz 10 * Released under the Creative Commons Attribution License 11 * (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5) 12 * Official home: http://www.jcip.net 13 */ 14 15 /** 16 * GuardedBy 17 * 18 * The field or method to which this annotation is applied can only be accessed 19 * when holding a particular lock, which may be a built-in (synchronization) 20 * lock, or may be an explicit java.util.concurrent.Lock. 21 * 22 * The argument determines which lock guards the annotated field or method: this : 23 * The string literal "this" means that this field is guarded by the class in 24 * which it is defined. class-name.this : For inner classes, it may be necessary 25 * to disambiguate 'this'; the class-name.this designation allows you to specify 26 * which 'this' reference is intended itself : For reference fields only; the 27 * object to which the field refers. field-name : The lock object is referenced 28 * by the (instance or static) field specified by field-name. 29 * class-name.field-name : The lock object is reference by the static field 30 * specified by class-name.field-name. method-name() : The lock object is 31 * returned by calling the named nil-ary method. class-name.class : The Class 32 * object for the specified class should be used as the lock object. 33 */ 34 @Target( { ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.METHOD }) 35 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.CLASS) 36 public @interface GuardedBy { 37 String value(); 38 } 39