@NonNls Annotation
This section describes formal semantics and usage examples for @NonNls annotation introduced in IntelliJ IDEA. This annotation indicates that the annotated code element is not a string requiring internationalization and it does not contain such strings.
Formal Semantics
When an element is annotated with @NonNls, internationalization mechanisms will skip it or strings inside it.
- annotated method parameter
- A string constant passed as a parameter in the method call is skipped. Also, if the property setter method parameter is annotated, such property values are not highlighted in the GUI Designer forms.
- annotated field/variable
- String literals in field/variable initializer are skipped.
- method is called on an annotated field/parameter/variable
- String literals passed as parameters to the method are skipped.
- annotated field/parameter/variable passed as a parameter to the equals() method invoked on a string literal
- The string literal is skipped.
- annotated field/parameter/variable at the left part of the assignment expression
- All string literals in the right part of the expression are skipped.
- annotated method
- All string literals returned by the method are skipped.
- annotated class
- All string literals in the class and all its subclasses are skipped.
- annotated package
- All string literals in the package and all its subpackages are skipped.
Last modified: 6 March 2018