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package lombok.javac;

import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;

import lombok.core.AnnotationValues;

import com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree.JCAnnotation;

/**
 * Implement this interface if you want to be triggered for a specific annotation.
 * 
 * You MUST replace 'T' with a specific annotation type, such as:
 * 
 * {@code public class HandleGetter implements JavacAnnotationHandler<Getter>}
 * 
 * Because this generics parameter is inspected to figure out which class you're interested in.
 * 
 * You also need to register yourself via SPI discovery as being an implementation of {@code JavacAnnotationHandler}.
 */
public abstract class JavacAnnotationHandler<T extends Annotation> {
	/**
	 * Called when an annotation is found that is likely to match the annotation you're interested in.
	 * 
	 * Be aware that you'll be called for ANY annotation node in the source that looks like a match. There is,
	 * for example, no guarantee that the annotation node belongs to a method, even if you set your
	 * TargetType in the annotation to methods only.
	 * 
	 * @param annotation The actual annotation - use this object to retrieve the annotation parameters.
	 * @param ast The javac AST node representing the annotation.
	 * @param annotationNode The Lombok AST wrapper around the 'ast' parameter. You can use this object
	 * to travel back up the chain (something javac AST can't do) to the parent of the annotation, as well
	 * as access useful methods such as generating warnings or errors focused on the annotation.
	 */
	public abstract void handle(AnnotationValues<T> annotation, JCAnnotation ast, JavacNode annotationNode);
}