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 * Copyright (C) 2015 The Android Open Source Project
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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package androidx.annotation;

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.CLASS;

import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/** Stub only annotation. Do not use directly. */
@Retention(CLASS)
@Target({METHOD})
public @interface CheckResult {
    /**
     * Defines the name of the suggested method to use instead, if applicable (using the same
     * signature format as javadoc.) If there is more than one possibility, list them all separated
     * by commas.
     *
     * <p>For example, ProcessBuilder has a method named {@code redirectErrorStream()} which sounds
     * like it might redirect the error stream. It does not. It's just a getter which returns
     * whether the process builder will redirect the error stream, and to actually set it, you must
     * call {@code redirectErrorStream(boolean)}. In that case, the method should be defined like
     * this:
     *
     * <pre>
     *  &#64;CheckResult(suggest="#redirectErrorStream(boolean)")
     *  public boolean redirectErrorStream() { ... }
     * </pre>
     */
    String suggest() default "";
}