1 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // checkstyle: Checks Java source code and other text files for adherence to a set of rules.
3 // Copyright (C) 2001-2025 the original author or authors.
4 //
5 // This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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9 //
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14 //
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18 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
19
20 package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.internal.annotation;
21
22 import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
23 import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
24 import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
25 import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
26 import java.lang.annotation.Target;
27
28 /**
29 * Indicates that the order of array or collection elements
30 * in a property should be preserved and not auto-sorted
31 * during Xdocs verification.
32 */
33 @Documented
34 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
35 @Target(ElementType.FIELD)
36 public @interface PreserveOrder {
37 // marker annotation
38 }