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package groovy.transform;

import org.codehaus.groovy.transform.GroovyASTTransformationClass;

import java.lang.annotation.*;

/**
 * This will let the Groovy compiler use compile time checks in the style of Java
 * then perform static compilation, thus bypassing the Groovy meta object protocol.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:blackdrag@gmx.org">Jochen "blackdrag" Theodorou</a>
 * @author Cedric Champeau
 */
@Documented
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE)
@Target({   ElementType.METHOD,         ElementType.TYPE,
            ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR,    ElementType.FIELD,
            ElementType.LOCAL_VARIABLE, ElementType.PACKAGE
})
@GroovyASTTransformationClass("org.codehaus.groovy.transform.sc.StaticCompileTransformation")
public @interface CompileStatic {
    TypeCheckingMode value() default TypeCheckingMode.PASS;

    /**
     * The list of (classpath resources) paths to type checking DSL scripts, also known
     * as type checking extensions.
     * @return an array of paths to groovy scripts that must be on compile classpath
     */
    String[] extensions() default {};
}

@@ -910,16 +910,603 @@
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+ * %3Cp%3E%0A * When a class is annotated, all methods, properties, files, inner classes, etc.%0A * of the annotated class will be type checked. When a method is annotated, static%0A * compilation applies only to items (closures and anonymous inner clsses) within%0A * the method.%0A * %3Cp%3E%0A * By using %7B@link TypeCheckingMode#SKIP%7D, static compilation can be skipped on an%0A * element within a class or method otherwise marked with CompileStatic. For example%0A * a class can be annotated with CompileStatic, and a method within can be marked%0A * to skip static checking to use dynamic language features.%0A
  *%0A * @a
@@ -1606,16 +1606,42 @@
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+ *%0A * @see CompileDynamic%0A
  */%0A@Doc

Improve Javadoc of CompileStatic