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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 The Project Lombok Authors.
+ * 
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ * 
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ * 
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+package lombok.experimental;
+
+import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.*;
+import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.SOURCE;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.*;
+
+/**
+ * Extension methods enable you to "add" methods to existing types without creating a new derived type, recompiling, or
+ * otherwise modifying the original type. Extension methods are a special kind of static method, but they are called as
+ * if they were instance methods on the extended type.
+ * <p>
+ * Before:
+ * 
+ * <pre>
+ * &#064;ExtensionMethod(java.util.Arrays.class)
+ * class Example {
+ * 	private void example() {
+ * 		long[] values = new long[] { 2, 5, 7, 9 };
+ * 		values.copyOf(3).sort();
+ * 	}
+ * }
+ * </pre>
+ * 
+ * After:
+ * 
+ * <pre>
+ * class Example {
+ * 	private void example() {
+ * 		long[] values = new long[] { 2, 5, 7, 9 };
+ * 		java.util.Arrays.sort(java.util.Arrays.copyOf(values, 3));
+ * 	}
+ * }
+ * </pre>
+ */
+@Target(TYPE)
+@Retention(SOURCE)
+public @interface ExtensionMethod {
+	/** All types whose static methods will be exposed as extension methods. */
+	Class<?>[] value();
+
+	boolean suppressBaseMethods() default true;
+}