src/main/java/org/codehaus/groovy/transform/stc/StaticTypesMarker.java

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package org.codehaus.groovy.transform.stc;

/**
 * This enumeration is used by the AST transformations which rely on static type
 * checking, either to store or to retrieve information from AST node metadata.
 * The values of this enumeration are used as metadata keys.
 */
public enum StaticTypesMarker {
    /** used to store type information on class nodes */
    INFERRED_TYPE,
    /** in flow analysis, represents the type of the declaration node LHS */
    DECLARATION_INFERRED_TYPE,
    /** used to store inferred return type for methods and closures */
    INFERRED_RETURN_TYPE,
    /** used to store expected closure argument types on an expression */
    CLOSURE_ARGUMENTS,
    /** used to tell that a property expression refers to a read-only property */
    READONLY_PROPERTY,
    /** used to store the default expression for a parameter */
    INITIAL_EXPRESSION,
    /** used to store the MethodNode a MethodCallExpression should target */
    DIRECT_METHOD_CALL_TARGET,
    /** used to store the delegation strategy and delegate type of a closure derived from {@link groovy.lang.DelegatesTo DelegatesTo} metadata */
    DELEGATION_METADATA,
    /** if the receiver is implicit but not "this", store the name of the receiver (delegate or owner) */
    IMPLICIT_RECEIVER,
    /** set of private fields that are accessed from closures or inner classes */
    PV_FIELDS_ACCESS,
    /** set of private fields that are set from closures or inner classes */
    PV_FIELDS_MUTATION,
    /** set of private methods that are accessed from closures or inner classes */
    PV_METHODS_ACCESS,
    /** call recognized by a type checking extension as a dynamic method call */
    DYNAMIC_RESOLUTION,
    /** used to store the list of MOP methods that still have to be generated */
    SUPER_MOP_METHOD_REQUIRED,
    /** used to store the parameter type of method invocation on an expression */
    PARAMETER_TYPE,
    /** used to store the condition expression type of the switch-case statement */
    SWITCH_CONDITION_EXPRESSION_TYPE,
    /** used to store the result of {@link StaticTypeCheckingVisitor#getType} */
    TYPE
}