Does @:strict work on var fields?

[_derpyDev]

Hi everybody,

I am trying to use @:strict to add an annotation (JCIP's GuardedBy annotation) to a var field for Java. Ultimately, the annotation could be anything, but that is my specific use case. 

I am able to do this for function fields and class type but @:strict seems to be ignored and stripped from the var field.

I created an extern for net.jcip.annotations.GuardedBy and applied it where applicable.

Example:

package com.company.annotations;

#if java

@:native("net.jcip.annotations.GuardedBy") extern class GuardedBy

{

public function value() : String;

}

#end

Usage:

        @:strict(com.company.annotations.GuardedBy({ value :"lock" }))
       private var toBeGuarded:String;          // Does not retain the annotation!

        @:strict(com.company.annotations.GuardedBy({ value :"lock" }))

public function doSomething() : Void

{

// Some code where lock is used

}

I was wondering if this is as designed or if there is a way to do this. I don't really see why @:strict would work for a class and functions but not vars. 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!