# Annotation Glossary

### A

allow-none

  NULL is OK, both for passing and for returning.

array

  Parameter points to an array of items.

### E

element-type

  Generics and defining elements of containers and arrays.

### N

nullable

  NULL may be passed as the value in, out, in-out; or as a return value.

### T

transfer full

  Free data after the code is done.

transfer none

  Don't free data after the code is done.