docs: public final JavaParser.variableModifier_return variableModifier() throws RecognitionException {
  		JavaParser.variableModifier_return retval = new JavaParser.variableModifier_return();
  		retval.start = input.LT(1);
  		int variableModifier_StartIndex = input.index();
  
  		try {
  			if ( state.backtracking>0 && alreadyParsedRule(input, 52) ) { return retval; }
  
  			// src/main/resources/org/drools/compiler/semantics/java/parser/Java.g:548:5: ( 'final' | annotation )
  			int alt73=2;
  			int LA73_0 = input.LA(1);
  			if ( (LA73_0==83) ) {
  				alt73=1;
  			}
  			else if ( (LA73_0==58) ) {
  				alt73=2;
  			}
  
  			else {
  				if (state.backtracking>0) {state.failed=true; return retval;}
  				NoViableAltException nvae =
  					new NoViableAltException("", 73, 0, input);
  				throw nvae;
  			}
  
  			switch (alt73) {
  				case 1 :
  					// src/main/resources/org/drools/compiler/semantics/java/parser/Java.g:548:7: 'final'
  					{
  					match(input,83,FOLLOW_83_in_variableModifier1908); if (state.failed) return retval;
  					}
  					break;
  				case 2 :
  					// src/main/resources/org/drools/compiler/semantics/java/parser/Java.g:549:9: annotation
  					{
  					pushFollow(FOLLOW_annotation_in_variableModifier1918);
  					annotation();
  					state._fsp--;
  					if (state.failed) return retval;
  					}
  					break;
  
  			}
  			retval.stop = input.LT(-1);
  
  		}
  		catch (RecognitionException re) {
  			reportError(re);
  			recover(input,re);
  		}
  		finally {
  			// do for sure before leaving
  			if ( state.backtracking>0 ) { memoize(input, 52, variableModifier_StartIndex); }
  
  		}
  		return retval;
  	}