Class KeyForValue

java.lang.Object
org.checkerframework.framework.flow.CFAbstractValue<KeyForValue>
org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.KeyForValue
All Implemented Interfaces:
AbstractValue<KeyForValue>

public class KeyForValue extends CFAbstractValue<KeyForValue>
KeyForValue holds additional information about which maps this value is a key for. This extra information is required when adding the @KeyFor qualifier to the type is not a refinement of the type. For example,
     @NonNull Object o = map.get(param);
 

 Map<T, Object> map = ...;
 <T> T method(T param) {
   if (map.contains(param)) {
     @NonNull Object o = map.get(param);
     return param;
   }
 }
 
Inside the if statement, param is a key for "map". This would normally be represented as @KeyFor("map") T, but this is not a subtype of T, so the type cannot be refined. Instead, the value for param includes "map" in the list of keyForMaps. This information is used in KeyForAnnotatedTypeFactory.isKeyForMap(String, ExpressionTree).