001 /*
002 * This file is part of the Jikes RVM project (http://jikesrvm.org).
003 *
004 * This file is licensed to You under the Eclipse Public License (EPL);
005 * You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
006 * may obtain a copy of the License at
007 *
008 * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/eclipse-1.0.php
009 *
010 * See the COPYRIGHT.txt file distributed with this work for information
011 * regarding copyright ownership.
012 */
013 package org.vmmagic.pragma;
014
015 import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
016 import java.lang.annotation.Target;
017 import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
018 import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
019 import org.vmmagic.Pragma;
020
021 /**
022 * This pragma is used to indicate a field will be final in the running VM. We
023 * can't indicate all fields are final as some are used in the boot strap
024 * process.
025 */
026 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
027 @Target({ElementType.FIELD})
028 @Pragma
029 public @interface RuntimeFinal {
030 /** The value of the field. Currently only boolean values can be RuntimeFinal. */
031 boolean value();
032 }