1 // Copyright 2014 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved. 2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be 3 // found in the LICENSE file. 4 5 package org.chromium.base.annotations; 6 7 import java.lang.annotation.ElementType; 8 import java.lang.annotation.Target; 9 10 /** 11 * Annotation used for marking methods and fields that are called by reflection. 12 * Useful for keeping components that would otherwise be removed by Proguard. 13 * Use the value parameter to mention a file that calls this method. 14 * 15 * Note that adding this annotation to a method is not enough to guarantee that 16 * it is kept - either its class must be referenced elsewhere in the program, or 17 * the class must be annotated with this as well. 18 */ 19 @Target({ 20 ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.TYPE, 21 ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR }) 22 public @interface UsedByReflection { 23 String value(); 24 } 25
