Package groovy.transform

Annotation Type AutoFinal

@Documented
@Retention(SOURCE)
@Target({TYPE,METHOD,CONSTRUCTOR,FIELD,LOCAL_VARIABLE})
public @interface AutoFinal

Annotation to automatically add the final qualifier to method, constructor, and closure parameters.

The annotation can be placed at the class level in which case it applies to all methods, constructors, and closures within the class and any inner classes. It can also be applied to an individual method, constructor, field with a Closure initial value or a Closure assigned to a local variable. In the case of fields (or local variables) it only adjusts the parameters of the referenced Closure not the field (or local variable) itself.

If you wish to automatically apply the annotation to all classes of a project, consider using groovyc --configscript. Google "Customising The Groovy Compiler", or see CompilerConfiguration for further details. This will ensure that all arguments will automatically be final, completely eliminating the need to clutter the code with final keywords in any parameter list.

Example usage:

 @groovy.transform.AutoFinal
 class Person {
     final String first, last
     Person(String first, String last) {
         this.first = first
         this.last = last
     }
     String fullName(boolean reversed = false, String separator = ' ') {
         final concatCls = { String n0, String n1 -> "$n0$separator$n1" }
         concatCls(reversed ? last : first, reversed ? first : last)
     }
 }

 final js = new Person('John', 'Smith')
 assert js.fullName() == 'John Smith'
 assert js.fullName(true, ', ') == 'Smith, John'
 

for this case, the constructor for the Person class will be equivalent to the following code:

 Person(final String first, final String last) {
   ...
 }
 

And after normal default parameter processing takes place, the following overloaded methods will exist:

 String fullName(final boolean reversed, final String separator) { ... }
 String fullName(final boolean reversed) { fullName(reversed, ' ') }
 String fullName() { fullName(false) }
 

and the closure will have become:

 { final String n0, final String n1 -> "$n0$separator$n1" }
 

Since:

2.5.0

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element	Description
boolean	enabled	Indicates that adding final to parameters should not be applied on this node.

Element Details

enabled

boolean enabled

Indicates that adding final to parameters should not be applied on this node.

Normally not required since leaving off the annotation will achieve the same affect. However, it can be useful for selectively disabling this annotation in just a small part of an otherwise annotated class. As an example, it would make sense to set this to false on a method which altered parameters in a class already marked as @AutoFinal. All nodes in the class except that single method would be processed.

Default:

true