001////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
002// checkstyle: Checks Java source code for adherence to a set of rules.
003// Copyright (C) 2001-2022 the original author or authors.
004//
005// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
006// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
007// License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
008// version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
009//
010// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
011// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
012// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
013// Lesser General Public License for more details.
014//
015// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
016// License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
017// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
018////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
019
020package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle;
021
022import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
023import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
024import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
025import java.lang.annotation.Target;
026
027/**
028 * The type of property used in documentation and configuration files
029 * for clarification of the user friendly type.
030 * For example, some string array property may represent a set of tokens.
031 *
032 * @noinspection AnnotationClass
033 */
034@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
035@Target(ElementType.FIELD)
036public @interface XdocsPropertyType {
037
038    /**
039     * Returns the property type for documentation.
040     *
041     * @return the property type for documentation
042     */
043    PropertyType value();
044
045}