A programmer assertion that the body of the annotated method or
 constructor does not perform potentially unsafe operations on its
 varargs parameter.  Applying this annotation to a method or
 constructor suppresses unchecked warnings about a
 non-reifiable variable arity (vararg) type and suppresses
 unchecked warnings about parameterized array creation at call
 sites.
 
 In addition to the usage restrictions imposed by its @Target meta-annotation, compilers are required to implement
 additional usage restrictions on this annotation type; it is a
 compile-time error if a method or constructor declaration is
 annotated with a @SafeVarargs annotation, and either:
 
- the declaration is a fixed arity method or constructor
-  the declaration is a variable arity method that is neither
 staticnorfinalnorprivate.
Compilers are encouraged to issue warnings when this annotation type is applied to a method or constructor declaration where:
-  The variable arity parameter has a reifiable element type,
 which includes primitive types, Object, andString. (The unchecked warnings this annotation type suppresses already do not occur for a reifiable element type.)
-  The body of the method or constructor declaration performs
 potentially unsafe operations, such as an assignment to an element
 of the variable arity parameter's array that generates an unchecked
 warning.  Some unsafe operations do not trigger an unchecked
 warning.  For example, the aliasing in
 
 leads to a@SafeVarargs // Not actually safe! static void m(List<String>... stringLists) { Object[] array = stringLists; List<Integer> tmpList = Arrays.asList(42); array[0] = tmpList; // Semantically invalid, but compiles without warnings String s = stringLists[0].get(0); // Oh no, ClassCastException at runtime! }ClassCastExceptionat runtime.Future versions of the platform may mandate compiler errors for such unsafe operations. 
- See Java Language Specification:
- 
4.7 Reifiable Types
 8.4.1 Formal Parameters
 9.6.4.7 @SafeVarargs
- Since:
- 1.7