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package org.scalatest.tags;

import java.lang.annotation.*;
import org.scalatest.TagAnnotation;

/**
 * Annotation used to tag a test, or suite of tests, as being network-intensive (i.e., consuming a large amount of network bandwidth when it runs).
 *
 * 
 * Note: This is actually an annotation defined in Java, not a Scala trait. It must be defined in Java instead of Scala so it will be accessible
 * at runtime. It has been inserted into Scaladoc by pretending it is a trait.
 * 
 *
 * 
 * If you wish to mark an entire suite of tests as being network-intensive, you can annotate the test class with @Network, like this:
 * 
 *
 *  * package org.scalatest.examples.flatspec.networkall
 * 
 * import org.scalatest._
 * import tags.Network
 * 
 * @Network
 * class SetSpec extends FlatSpec {
 * 
 *   "An empty Set" should "have size 0" in {
 *     assert(Set.empty.size === 0)
 *   }
 * 
 *   it should "produce NoSuchElementException when head is invoked" in {
 *     intercept[NoSuchElementException] {
 *       Set.empty.head
 *     }
 *   }
 * }
 * 
 *
 * 
 * When you mark a test class with a tag annotation, ScalaTest will mark each test defined in that class with that tag.
 * Thus, marking the SetSpec in the above example with the @Network tag annotation means that both tests
 * in the class are network-intensive.
 * 
 *
 * 
 * Another use case for @Network is to mark test methods as network-intensive in traits Spec
 * and fixture.Spec. Here's an example:
 * 
 *
 *  * package org.scalatest.examples.spec.network
 *
 * import org.scalatest._
 * import tags.Network
 *
 * class SetSpec extends RefSpec {
 *
 *   @Network def `an empty Set should have size 0` {
 *     assert(Set.empty.size === 0)
 *   }
 *
 *   def `invoking head on an empty Set should produce NoSuchElementException` {
 *     intercept[NoSuchElementException] {
 *       Set.empty.head
 *     }
 *   }
 * }
 * 
 *
 * 
 * The main use case of annotating a test or suite of tests is to select or deselect them during runs by supplying tags to include and/or exclude. For more information,
 * see the relevant section in the documentation of object Runner.
 * 
 * 
 * 
 * Note that because reflection is not supported on Scala.js, this annotation will only work on the JVM, not on Scala.js.
 * 
 */
@TagAnnotation("network")
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target({ElementType.TYPE})
@Inherited
public @interface Network {}