manifold.ext.api

Annotation Type Self

@Retention(value=CLASS)
 @Target(value={TYPE_USE,METHOD})
public @interface Self

Annotate a method's return type with @Self to achieve covariance with respect to subclasses of the method's declaring class.

Note the ElementType.METHOD target is for internal use only. This is necessary for generated code where even though the code applies the Self annotation at the method return type position Java 8 misinterprets it as a Method annotation, hence the METHOD target here. The METHOD target type will be removed in a future release.

See the Self Type documentation for more information.