scala.annotation

elidable

final class elidable extends Annotation with StaticAnnotation

An annotation for methods whose bodies may be excluded from compiler-generated bytecode.

Behavior is influenced by passing -Xelide-below <arg> to scalac. Calls to methods marked elidable (as well as the method body) will be omitted from generated code if the priority given the annotation is lower than that given on the command line.

@elidable(123)           // annotation priority
scalac -Xelide-below 456 // command line priority

The method call will be replaced with an expression which depends on the type of the elided expression. In decreasing order of precedence:

Unit            ()
Boolean         false
T <: AnyVal     0
T >: Null       null
T >: Nothing    Predef.???

Complete example:

import scala.annotation._, elidable._
object Test extends App {
  def expensiveComputation(): Int = { Thread.sleep(1000) ; 172 }

  @elidable(WARNING) def warning(msg: String) = println(msg)
  @elidable(FINE) def debug(msg: String)      = println(msg)
  @elidable(FINE) def computedValue           = expensiveComputation()

  warning("Warning! Danger! Warning!")
  debug("Debug! Danger! Debug!")
  println("I computed a value: " + computedValue)
}
% scalac example.scala && scala Test
Warning! Danger! Warning!
Debug! Danger! Debug!
I computed a value: 172

// INFO lies between WARNING and FINE
% scalac -Xelide-below INFO example.scala && scala Test
Warning! Danger! Warning!
I computed a value: 0
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2.8

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  1. new elidable(level: Int)

Value Members

  1. final def !=(arg0: Any): Boolean

    Definition Classes
    AnyRef → Any
  2. final def ##(): Int

    Definition Classes
    AnyRef → Any
  3. def +(other: String): String

    Implicit information
    This member is added by an implicit conversion from elidable to any2stringadd[elidable] performed by method any2stringadd in scala.Predef.
    Definition Classes
    any2stringadd
  4. def ->[B](y: B): (elidable, B)

    Implicit information
    This member is added by an implicit conversion from elidable to ArrowAssoc[elidable] performed by method ArrowAssoc in scala.Predef.
    Definition Classes
    ArrowAssoc
    Annotations
    @inline()
  5. final def ==(arg0: Any): Boolean

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    AnyRef → Any
  6. final def asInstanceOf[T0]: T0

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    Any
  7. def clone(): AnyRef

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    protected[java.lang]
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    @throws( ... )
  8. def ensuring(cond: (elidable) ⇒ Boolean, msg: ⇒ Any): elidable

    Implicit information
    This member is added by an implicit conversion from elidable to Ensuring[elidable] performed by method Ensuring in scala.Predef.
    Definition Classes
    Ensuring
  9. def ensuring(cond: (elidable) ⇒ Boolean): elidable

    Implicit information
    This member is added by an implicit conversion from elidable to Ensuring[elidable] performed by method Ensuring in scala.Predef.
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    Ensuring
  10. def ensuring(cond: Boolean, msg: ⇒ Any): elidable

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    This member is added by an implicit conversion from elidable to Ensuring[elidable] performed by method Ensuring in scala.Predef.
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    Ensuring
  11. def ensuring(cond: Boolean): elidable

    Implicit information
    This member is added by an implicit conversion from elidable to Ensuring[elidable] performed by method Ensuring in scala.Predef.
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    Ensuring
  12. final def eq(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

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    AnyRef
  13. def equals(arg0: Any): Boolean

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  14. def finalize(): Unit

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    @throws( classOf[java.lang.Throwable] )
  15. def formatted(fmtstr: String): String

    Returns string formatted according to given format string.

    Returns string formatted according to given format string. Format strings are as for String.format (@see java.lang.String.format).

    Implicit information
    This member is added by an implicit conversion from elidable to StringFormat[elidable] performed by method StringFormat in scala.Predef.
    Definition Classes
    StringFormat
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    @inline()
  16. final def getClass(): Class[_]

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  17. def hashCode(): Int

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  18. final def isInstanceOf[T0]: Boolean

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  19. final val level: Int

  20. final def ne(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

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  21. final def notify(): Unit

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  22. final def notifyAll(): Unit

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    AnyRef
  23. final def synchronized[T0](arg0: ⇒ T0): T0

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  24. def toString(): String

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  25. final def wait(): Unit

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    @throws( ... )
  26. final def wait(arg0: Long, arg1: Int): Unit

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    @throws( ... )
  27. final def wait(arg0: Long): Unit

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    @throws( ... )
  28. def [B](y: B): (elidable, B)

    Implicit information
    This member is added by an implicit conversion from elidable to ArrowAssoc[elidable] performed by method ArrowAssoc in scala.Predef.
    Definition Classes
    ArrowAssoc

Inherited from StaticAnnotation

Inherited from Annotation

Inherited from AnyRef

Inherited from Any

Inherited by implicit conversion any2stringadd from elidable to any2stringadd[elidable]

Inherited by implicit conversion StringFormat from elidable to StringFormat[elidable]

Inherited by implicit conversion Ensuring from elidable to Ensuring[elidable]

Inherited by implicit conversion ArrowAssoc from elidable to ArrowAssoc[elidable]

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