org.checkerframework.checker.lock.qual

Annotation Type NewObject

@Documented
 @Retention(value=RUNTIME)
 @Target(value={TYPE_USE,TYPE_PARAMETER})
 @TargetLocations(value={EXPLICIT_LOWER_BOUND,EXPLICIT_UPPER_BOUND})
 @SubtypeOf(value={GuardedBy.class,GuardSatisfied.class})
 @DefaultFor(value=CONSTRUCTOR_RESULT)
 @QualifierForLiterals(value={STRING,PRIMITIVE})
public @interface NewObject

A type that represents a newly-constructed object. It can be treated as having any @GuardedBy type. Typically, it is only written on factory method return types.

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