2.4/dev/core/src/com/google/gwt/dev/asm/FieldVisitor.java

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package com.google.gwt.dev.asm;

/**
 * A visitor to visit a Java field. The methods of this interface must be called
 * in the following order: ( <tt>visitAnnotation</tt> |
 * <tt>visitAttribute</tt> )* <tt>visitEnd</tt>.
 * 
 * @author Eric Bruneton
 */
public interface FieldVisitor {

    /**
     * Visits an annotation of the field.
     * 
     * @param desc the class descriptor of the annotation class.
     * @param visible <tt>true</tt> if the annotation is visible at runtime.
     * @return a visitor to visit the annotation values, or <tt>null</tt> if
     *         this visitor is not interested in visiting this annotation.
     */
    AnnotationVisitor visitAnnotation(String desc, boolean visible);

    /**
     * Visits a non standard attribute of the field.
     * 
     * @param attr an attribute.
     */
    void visitAttribute(Attribute attr);

    /**
     * Visits the end of the field. This method, which is the last one to be
     * called, is used to inform the visitor that all the annotations and
     * attributes of the field have been visited.
     */
    void visitEnd();
}