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package lombok.experimental;

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

import lombok.AccessLevel;

/**
 * Put on any field to make lombok build a 'wither' - a withX method which produces a clone of this object (except for 1 field which gets a new value).
 * <p>
 * Complete documentation is found at <a href="http://projectlombok.org/features/experimental/Wither.html">the project lombok features page for &#64;Wither</a>.
 * <p>
 * Even though it is not listed, this annotation also has the {@code onParam} and {@code onMethod} parameter. See the full documentation for more details.
 * <p>
 * Example:
 * <pre>
 *     private &#64;Wither final int foo;
 * </pre>
 * 
 * will generate:
 * 
 * <pre>
 *     public SELF_TYPE withFoo(int foo) {
 *         return this.foo == foo ? this : new SELF_TYPE(otherField1, otherField2, foo);
 *     }
 * </pre>
 * <p>
 * This annotation can also be applied to a class, in which case it'll be as if all non-static fields that don't already have
 * a {@code Wither} annotation have the annotation.
 */
@Target({ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.TYPE})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE)
public @interface Wither {
	/**
	 * If you want your wither to be non-public, you can specify an alternate access level here.
	 */
	AccessLevel value() default AccessLevel.PUBLIC;
}