1// Copyright 2014 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3// found in the LICENSE file.
4
5package org.chromium.base;
6
7import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
8import java.lang.annotation.Target;
9
10/**
11 * Annotation used for marking methods and fields that are called by reflection.
12 * Useful for keeping components that would otherwise be removed by Proguard.
13 * Use the value parameter to mention a file that calls this method.
14 *
15 * Note that adding this annotation to a method is not enough to guarantee that
16 * it is kept - either its class must be referenced elsewhere in the program, or
17 * the class must be annotated with this as well.
18 */
19@Target({
20        ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.TYPE,
21        ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR })
22public @interface UsedByReflection {
23    String value();
24}
25