com.ibm.websphere.ras.annotation

Annotation Type Sensitive



  • @Target(value={CONSTRUCTOR,FIELD,METHOD,PARAMETER,TYPE})
     @Retention(value=RUNTIME)
    public @interface Sensitive
    Indicates that the return type from a method or a parameter to a method is considered "sensitive" and should not be traced via the trace instrumentation. Instead of invoking the toString method on the type, only the class name and hash code or the primitive type identifier will be traced.

    For example:

     @Sensitive
     public String normalizePassword(@Sensitive String password) {
       if (password == null) {
         return "";
       }
       return password;
     }
     
    will trace the input password as something like <sensitive java.lang.String@abcd1234> if the input password was non-null or null if it was null. The same pattern will be applied to return values.

    Additionally, this annotation can be used on sensitive types and fields to prevent them from being introspected during FFDC.