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/*
* Copyright (C) 2010 The Guava Authors
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
* in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
* is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
* or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
* the License.
*/
package com.google.common.annotations;
import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
/**
* Signifies that a public API (public class, method or field) is subject to incompatible changes,
* or even removal, in a future release. An API bearing this annotation is exempt from any
* compatibility guarantees made by its containing library. Note that the presence of this
* annotation implies nothing about the quality or performance of the API in question, only the fact
* that it is not "API-frozen."
*
* It is generally safe for applications to depend on beta APIs, at the cost of some extra
* work during upgrades. However it is generally inadvisable for libraries (which get
* included on users' CLASSPATHs, outside the library developers' control) to do so.
*
* @author Kevin Bourrillion
*/
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.CLASS)
@Target({
ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE,
ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR,
ElementType.FIELD,
ElementType.METHOD,
ElementType.TYPE
})
@Documented
@GwtCompatible
public @interface Beta {}