Package groovy.transform

# Annotation Type PackageScope

@Documented @Retention(SOURCE) @Target({TYPE,METHOD,CONSTRUCTOR,FIELD}) public @interface PackageScope
Annotation used for turning off Groovy's auto visibility conventions. By default, Groovy automatically turns package protected fields into properties and makes package protected methods, constructors and classes public. This annotation allows this feature to be turned off and revert back to Java behavior if needed. Place it on classes, fields, constructors or methods of interest as follows:

     @PackageScope class Bar {      // package protected
         @PackageScope int field    // package protected; not a property
         @PackageScope method(){}   // package protected
     }

or for greater control, at the class level with one or more `PackageScopeTarget` values:

     import static groovy.transform.PackageScopeTarget.*
     @PackageScope([CLASS, FIELDS])
     class Foo {              // class will have package protected scope
         int field1, field2   // both package protected
         def method(){}       // public
     }
     @PackageScope(METHODS)
     class Bar {         // public
         int field       // treated as a property
         def method1(){} // package protected
         def method2(){} // package protected
     }

This transformation is not frequently needed but can be useful in certain testing scenarios or when using a third-party library or framework which relies upon package scoping.

Since:
  1.8.0
Author:
  Paul King

## Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements
Modifier and Type
Optional Element
Description
`PackageScopeTarget[]`
`value`

## Element Details

### value

PackageScopeTarget[] value

Default:
  `{CLASS}`