From 7dba9c850c675cc8066fa3e7c79e836bb7ad8203 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Reinier Zwitserloot <reinier@zwitserloot.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:43:36 +0100
Subject: Added 'val' as a type which the 'val' fake keyword must resolve to
 before val works, as a gesture to make val less 'magical'. It even works, in
 eclipse. Next up: javac.

---
 website/features/val.html | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

(limited to 'website')

diff --git a/website/features/val.html b/website/features/val.html
index a3ce58e0..4e05f8ca 100644
--- a/website/features/val.html
+++ b/website/features/val.html
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 			<em>NEW in Lombok 0.10: </em>You can use <code>val</code> as the type of a local variable declaration instead of actually writing the type. When you do this,
 			the type will be inferred from the initializer expression. The local variable will also be made final. This feature works
 			on local variables and on foreach loops only, not on fields. The initializer expression is required.
+			</p><p>
+				<code>val</code> is actually a 'type' of sorts, and exists as a real class in the <code>lombok</code> package. You must import it for val to work (or use <code>lombok.val</code> as the type).
+				The existence of this type on a local variable declaration triggers both the adding of the <code>final</code> keyword as well as copying the type of the initializing expression which overwrites
+				the 'fake' <code>val</code> type.
 			</p><p>
 			<em>WARNING: This feature does not currently work in NetBeans. We're working on fixing that.</em>
 			</p>
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