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// Copyright (c) 2013, the Dart project authors. Please see the AUTHORS file
// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
part of dart.core;
/**
* The annotation `@Deprecated('migration')` marks a feature as deprecated.
*
* The annotation [deprecated] is a shorthand for deprecating until
* an unspecified "next release" without migration instructions.
*
* The intent of the `@Deprecated` annotation is to inform users of a feature
* that they should change their code, even if it is currently still working
* correctly.
*
* A deprecated feature is scheduled to be removed at a later time, possibly
* specified in [message]. A deprecated feature should not be used, code using
* it will break at some point in the future. If existing code is using the
* feature it should be rewritten to not use the deprecated feature.
*
* A deprecated feature should document how the same effect can be achieved in
* [message], so the programmer knows how to rewrite the code.
*
* The `@Deprecated` annotation applies to libraries, top-level declarations
* (variables, getters, setters, functions, classes and typedefs),
* class-level declarations (variables, getters, setters, methods, operators or
* constructors, whether static or not), named optional arguments and
* trailing optional positional parameters.
*
* Deprecation is transitive:
*
* - If a library is deprecated, so is every member of it.
* - If a class is deprecated, so is every member of it.
* - If a variable is deprecated, so are its implicit getter and setter.
*
*
* A tool that processes Dart source code may report when:
*
* - the code imports a deprecated library.
* - the code exports a deprecated library, or any deprecated member of
*  a non-deprecated library.
* - the code refers statically to a deprecated declaration.
* - the code dynamically uses a member of an object with a statically known
* type, where the member is deprecated on the static type of the object.
* - the code dynamically calls a method with an argument where the
* corresponding optional parameter is deprecated on the object's static type.
*
*
* If the deprecated use is inside a library, class or method which is itself
* deprecated, the tool should not bother the user about it.
* A deprecated feature is expected to use other deprecated features.
*/
class Deprecated {
/**
* Message provided to the user when they use the deprecated feature.
*
* The message should explain how to migrate away from the feature if an
* alternative is available, and when the deprecated feature is expected to be
* removed.
*/
final String message;
/**
* Create a deprecation annotation which specifies the migration path and
* expiration of the annotated feature.
*
* The [message] argument should be readable by programmers, and should state
* an alternative feature (if available) as well as when an annotated feature
* is expected to be removed.
*/
const Deprecated(this.message);
@Deprecated('Use `message` instead. Will be removed in Dart 3.0.0')
String get expires => message;
String toString() => "Deprecated feature: $message";
}
/**
* Marks a feature as [Deprecated] until the next release.
*/
const Deprecated deprecated = Deprecated("next release");
class _Override {
const _Override();
}
/**
* The annotation `@override` marks an instance member as overriding a
* superclass member with the same name.
*
* The annotation applies to instance methods, getters and setters, and to
* instance fields, where it means that the implicit getter and setter of the
* field is marked as overriding, but the field itself is not.
*
* The intent of the `@override` notation is to catch situations where a
* superclass renames a member, and an independent subclass which used to
* override the member, could silently continue working using the
* superclass implementation.
*
* The editor, or a similar tool aimed at the programmer, may report if no
* declaration of an annotated member is inherited by the class from either a
* superclass or an interface.
*
* Use the `@override` annotation judiciously and only for methods where
* the superclass is not under the programmer's control, the superclass is in a
* different library or package, and it is not considered stable.
* In any case, the use of `@override` is optional.
*
* For example, the annotation is intentionally not used in the Dart platform
* libraries, since they only depend on themselves.
*/
const Object override = _Override();
/**
* An annotation class that was used during development of Dart 2.
*
* Should not be used any more.
*/
@deprecated
class Provisional {
String? get message => null;
const Provisional({String? message});
}
/**
* An annotation that was used during development of Dart 2.
*
* Should not be used any more.
*/
@deprecated
const Null provisional = null;
class _Proxy {
const _Proxy();
}
/**
* This annotation is deprecated and will be removed in Dart 2.
*
* Dart 2 has a more restrictive type system than Dart 1, and it requires
* method access to be either through a known interface or by using
* dynamic invocations. The original intent of `@proxy` (to implement a class
* that isn't known statically, as documented at the end of this text),
* is not supported by Dart 2.
* To continue to perform dynamic invocations on an object,
* it should be accessed through a reference of type `dynamic`.
*
* The annotation `@proxy` marks a class as implementing members dynamically
* through `noSuchMethod`.
*
* The annotation applies to any class. It is inherited by subclasses from both
* superclass and interfaces.
*
* If a class is annotated with `@proxy`, or it implements any class that is
* annotated, then all member accesses are allowed on an object of that type.
* As such, it is not a static type warning to access any member of the object
* which is not implemented by the class, or to call a method with a different
* number of parameters than it is declared with.
*
* The annotation does not change which classes the annotated class implements,
* and does not prevent static warnings for assigning an object to a variable
* with a static type not implemented by the object.
*
* The suppression of warnings only affect static type warnings about
* member access.
* The runtime type of the object is unaffected.
* It is not considered to implement any special interfaces,
* so assigning it to a typed variable may fail in checked mode,
* and testing it with the `is` operator
* will only return true for types it actually implements or extends.
* Accessing a member which isn't implemented by the class
* will cause the `noSuchMethod` method to be called normally,
* the `@proxy` annotation merely states the intent to handle (some of) those
* `noSuchMethod` calls gracefully.
*
* A class that marked as `@proxy` should override the `noSuchMethod`
* declared on [Object].
*
* The intent of the `@proxy` notation is to create objects that implement a
* type (or multiple types) that are not known at compile time. If the types
* are known at compile time, a class can be written that implements these
* types.
*/
@deprecated
const Object proxy = _Proxy();
/**
* A hint to tools.
*
* Tools that work with Dart programs may accept hints to guide their behavior
* as `pragma` annotations on declarations.
* Each tool decides which hints it accepts, what they mean, and whether and
* how they apply to sub-parts of the annotated entity.
*
* Tools that recognize pragma hints should pick a pragma prefix to identify
* the tool. They should recognize any hint with a [name] starting with their
* prefix followed by `:` as if it was intended for that tool. A hint with a
* prefix for another tool should be ignored (unless compatibility with that
* other tool is a goal).
*
* A tool may recognize unprefixed names as well, if they would recognize that
* name with their own prefix in front.
*
* If the hint can be parameterized, an extra [options] object can be added as well.
*
* For example:
*
* ```dart
* @pragma('Tool:pragma-name', [param1, param2, ...])
* class Foo { }
*
* @pragma('OtherTool:other-pragma')
* void foo() { }
* ```
*
* Here class Foo is annotated with a Tool specific pragma 'pragma-name' and
* function foo is annotated with a pragma 'other-pragma' specific to OtherTool.
*
*/
@pragma('vm:entry-point')
class pragma {
/**
* The name of the hint.
*
* A string that is recognized by one or more tools, or such a string prefixed
* by a tool identifier and a colon, which is only recognized by that
* particular tool.
*/
final String name;
/** Optional extra data parameterizing the hint. */
final Object? options;
/** Creates a hint named [name] with optional [options]. */
const factory pragma(String name, [Object? options]) = pragma._;
const pragma._(this.name, [this.options]);
}