/*
 * Copyright © 2010-2011 Reinier Zwitserloot, Roel Spilker and Robbert Jan Grootjans.
 * 
 * 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
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 * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
 * THE SOFTWARE.
 */
package lombok;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * Generates a constructor with required arguments.
 * Required arguments are final fields and fields with constraints such as {@code @NonNull}.
 *  
 * @see NoArgsConstructor
 * @see AllArgsConstructor
 */
@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE)
public @interface RequiredArgsConstructor {
	/**
	 * If set, the generated constructor will be private, and an additional static 'constructor'
	 * is generated with the same argument list that wraps the real constructor.
	 * 
	 * Such a static 'constructor' is primarily useful as it infers type arguments.
	 */
	String staticName() default "";
	
	/**
	 * Sets the access level of the constructor. By default, generated constructors are {@code public}.
	 */
	AccessLevel access() default lombok.AccessLevel.PUBLIC;
	
	/**
	 * Constructors are generated with the {@link java.beans.ConstructorProperties} annotation.
	 * However, this annotation is new in 1.6 which means those compiling for 1.5 will need
	 * to set this value to true.
	 * 
	 * @deprecated Java 1.5 has already been end-of-lifed. As java 1.5 loses ground this
	 *     method will eventually be removed.
	 */
	@Deprecated
	boolean suppressConstructorProperties() default false;
	
	/**
	 * If you want your constructor to have additional annotations, you can specify them here.
	 */
	AnyAnnotation[] onConstructor() default {};
	
	/**
	 * Placeholder annotation to enable the placement of annotations on the constructor.
	 * @deprecated Don't use this annotation, since we might remove it. 
	 */
	@Deprecated
	@Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE)
	@Target({})
	@interface AnyAnnotation {}
}