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package net.bytebuddy.dynamic;

import net.bytebuddy.description.method.MethodDescription;

Implements a strategy for deciding if a visibility bridge should be generated. A visibility bridge is necessary
if a public type inherits a public method from a package-private type to allow for invoking that method without
specific privileges as the reflection API only considers the method's declaring type.
/**
 * Implements a strategy for deciding if a visibility bridge should be generated. A visibility bridge is necessary
 * if a public type inherits a public method from a package-private type to allow for invoking that method without
 * specific privileges as the reflection API only considers the method's declaring type.
 */
public interface VisibilityBridgeStrategy {

    
Determines if a visibility bridge should be generated for a method that is eligable.
Params:
methodDescription – The method that would require a visibility bridge.
Returns:
true if a visibility bridge should be generated./**
     * Determines if a visibility bridge should be generated for a method that is eligable.
     *
     * @param methodDescription The method that would require a visibility bridge.
     * @return {@code true} if a visibility bridge should be generated.
     */
    boolean generateVisibilityBridge(MethodDescription methodDescription);

    
Default implementations of visibility bridge strategies.
/**
     * Default implementations of visibility bridge strategies.
     */
    enum Default implements VisibilityBridgeStrategy {

        
Always generates a visibility bridge.
/**
         * Always generates a visibility bridge.
         */
        ALWAYS {
            
{@inheritDoc}
/**
             * {@inheritDoc}
             */
            public boolean generateVisibilityBridge(MethodDescription methodDescription) {
                return true;
            }
        },

        
Only generates visibility bridges for non-generified methods what was the behavior of javac until Java 11.
/**
         * Only generates visibility bridges for non-generified methods what was the behavior of <i>javac</i> until Java 11.
         */
        ON_NON_GENERIC_METHOD {
            
{@inheritDoc}
/**
             * {@inheritDoc}
             */
            public boolean generateVisibilityBridge(MethodDescription methodDescription) {
                return !methodDescription.isGenerified();
            }
        },

        
Never generates a visibility bridge.
/**
         * Never generates a visibility bridge.
         */
        NEVER {
            
{@inheritDoc}
/**
             * {@inheritDoc}
             */
            public boolean generateVisibilityBridge(MethodDescription methodDescription) {
                return false;
            }
        }
    }
}