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package javax.annotation.processing;

import java.lang.annotation.*;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.*;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.*;

An annotation used to indicate what options an annotation processor supports. The Processor.getSupportedOptions method can construct its result from the value of this annotation, as done by AbstractProcessor.getSupportedOptions. Only strings conforming to the
grammar should be used as values. 
Author:
Joseph D. Darcy, Scott Seligman, Peter von der Ahé
Since:
1.6/**
 * An annotation used to indicate what options an annotation processor
 * supports.  The {@link Processor#getSupportedOptions} method can
 * construct its result from the value of this annotation, as done by
 * {@link AbstractProcessor#getSupportedOptions}.  Only {@linkplain
 * Processor#getSupportedOptions strings conforming to the
 * grammar} should be used as values.
 *
 * @author Joseph D. Darcy
 * @author Scott Seligman
 * @author Peter von der Ahé
 * @since 1.6
 */
@Documented
@Target(TYPE)
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface SupportedOptions {
    
{@return the supported options}
/**
     * {@return the supported options}
     */
    String [] value();
}