@Documented
@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
@Target(value={METHOD,CONSTRUCTOR})
public @interface TerminatesExecution
TerminatesExecution
is a method annotation that indicates that a method terminates the
execution of the program. This can be used to annotate methods such as System.exit()
.
The annotation enables flow-sensitive type refinement to be more precise. For example, after
if (x == null) { System.err.println("Bad value supplied"); System.exit(1); }the Nullness Checker can determine that
x
is non-null.
The annotation is a trusted annotation, meaning that it is not checked whether the annotated method really does terminate the program.