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// Open Source Software; you can modify and/or share it under the terms of
// the WPILib BSD license file in the root directory of this project.

package org.wpilib.annotation;

import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * Place on a method parameter of type String. Any string literals passed to that parameter will be
 * checked at compile-time to be no longer than the maximum allowed length. Note that this cannot
 * check dynamically generated string values - it is strongly recommended to pair this annotation
 * with a runtime check to cover cases where dynamic values are used.
 *
 * <p>Errors generated by this annotation cannot be suppressed.
 *
 * <pre>{@code
 * void acceptString(@MaxLength(5) String str) {
 *   if (str.length() > 5) {
 *     throw new IllegalArgumentException("String is too long");
 *   }
 *   // ...
 * }
 *
 * acceptString("12345"); // OK - length is 5
 * acceptString("123456"); // Compile-time error: length is 6
 * acceptString("123" + "456"); // Compile-time error: length is 6
 * acceptString(" ".repeat(16)); // Runtime error - string argument is not a literal
 * }</pre>
 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.PARAMETER)
@Documented
public @interface MaxLength {
  /**
   * The maximum allowable length of string literals passed to the annotated parameter. Must be a
   * positive integer.
   *
   * @return The maximum length of allowed strings.
   */
  int value();
}