GuardedBy

public abstract @interface GuardedBy
implements Annotation

Denotes that the annotated method or field can only be accessed when holding the referenced lock.

Example:

 final Object objectLock = new Object();

 @GuardedBy("objectLock")
 volatile Object object;

 Object getObject() {
     synchronized (objectLock) {
         if (object == null) {
             object = new Object();
         }
     }
     return object;
 }

Summary

Inherited methods
From interface java.lang.annotation.Annotation abstract Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType() abstract boolean equals(Object arg0) abstract int hashCode() abstract String toString()

Public methods

String value ()