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## groovy.transform
[Java] Annotation Type Field

    java.lang.Object
      groovy.transform.Field

    @Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE)
    @Target({ElementType.LOCAL_VARIABLE})
    @GroovyASTTransformationClass("org.codehaus.groovy.transform.FieldASTTransformation")
    public @interface Field

Variable annotation used for changing the scope of a variable within a script from being within the run method of the script to being at the class level for the script.

The annotated variable will become a private field of the script class. The type of the field will be the same as the type of the variable. Example usage:

     @Field List awe = [1, 2, 3]
     def awesum() { awe.sum() }
     assert awesum() == 6

In this example, without the annotation, variable `awe` would be a local script variable (technically speaking it will be a local variable within the `run` method of the script class). Such a local variable would not be visible inside the `awesum` method. With the annotation, `awe` becomes a private List field in the script class and is visible within the `awesum` method.

Authors:
  Paul King

Since:
  1.8.0

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
java.lang.Object#wait(long), java.lang.Object#wait(long, int), java.lang.Object#wait(), java.lang.Object#equals(java.lang.Object), java.lang.Object#toString(), java.lang.Object#hashCode(), java.lang.Object#getClass(), java.lang.Object#notify(), java.lang.Object#notifyAll()

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