RequiresFeature.kt

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package androidx.annotation

/**
 * Denotes that the annotated element requires one or more features. This is used to auto-generate
 * documentation, and more importantly: to ensure correct usage in application code, where lint and
 * Android Studio can check that calls marked with this annotation is surrounded by has-feature
 * calls, referenced via the [RequiresFeature.enforcement] attribute.
 */
@Retention(AnnotationRetention.SOURCE)
@Target(
    AnnotationTarget.ANNOTATION_CLASS,
    AnnotationTarget.CLASS,
    AnnotationTarget.FIELD,
    AnnotationTarget.FUNCTION,
    AnnotationTarget.PROPERTY_GETTER,
    AnnotationTarget.PROPERTY_SETTER,
    AnnotationTarget.CONSTRUCTOR
)
public annotation class RequiresFeature(
    /**
     * The name of the feature that is required.
     */
    val name: String,
    /**
     * Defines the name of the method that should be called to check whether the feature is
     * available, using the same signature format as javadoc.
     * The feature checking method can have multiple parameters, but the feature name parameter must
     * be of type String and must also be the first String-type parameter.
     */
    val enforcement: String
)