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package lombok;

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.*;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.*;

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

/**
 * The singular annotation is used together with {@code @Builder} to create single element 'add' methods in the builder for collections.
 */
@Target({FIELD, PARAMETER})
@Retention(SOURCE)
public @interface Singular {
	/** @return The singular name of this field. If it's a normal english plural, lombok will figure it out automatically. Otherwise, this parameter is mandatory. */
	String value() default "";
	
	/** @return If true, the plural variant (which takes a collection and adds each element inside) will treat {@code null} as an empty collection, i.e. do nothing. If {@code false} (the default), it is null checked as if annotated with {@code @lombok.NonNull}. */
	boolean ignoreNullCollections() default false;
}