1 /*
2  * Copyright 2018 The Android Open Source Project
3  *
4  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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15  */
16 package androidx.annotation;
17 
18 import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR;
19 import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.FIELD;
20 import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
21 import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;
22 import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.SOURCE;
23 
24 import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
25 import java.lang.annotation.Target;
26 
27 /**
28  * Denotes that the annotated element requires one or more features. This is used to auto-generate
29  * documentation, and more importantly: to ensure correct usage in application code, where lint and
30  * Android Studio can check that calls marked with this annotation is surrounded by has-feature
31  * calls, referenced via the {@link RequiresFeature#enforcement()} attribute.
32  */
33 @Retention(SOURCE)
34 @Target({TYPE, FIELD, METHOD, CONSTRUCTOR})
35 public @interface RequiresFeature {
36     /**
37      * The name of the feature that is required.
38      */
name()39     String name();
40 
41     /**
42      * Defines the name of the method that should be called to check whether the feature is
43      * available, using the same signature format as javadoc.
44      * The feature checking method can have multiple parameters, but the feature name parameter must
45      * be of type String and must also be the first String-type parameter.
46      */
enforcement()47     String enforcement();
48 }
49