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The UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java is a fast, comprehensive, and easy-to-use Java API for communicating with LDAP directory servers and performing related tasks like reading and writing LDIF, encoding and decoding data using base64 and ASN.1 BER, and performing secure communication. This package contains the Commercial Edition of the LDAP SDK, which includes all of the general-purpose functionality contained in the Standard Edition, plus additional functionality specific to UnboundID server products.

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/*
 * Copyright 2009-2016 UnboundID Corp.
 * All Rights Reserved.
 */
/*
 * Copyright (C) 2009-2016 UnboundID Corp.
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPLv2 only)
 * or the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPLv2.1 only)
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, see .
 */
package com.unboundid.util;



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;



/**
 * This annotation type is used to indicate that instances of the associated
 * class may not be altered after they have been created.  Note that this may or
 * may not indicate strict immutability, as some classes marked with this
 * annotation type may have their internal state altered in some way that is not
 * externally visible.  In addition, the following caveats must be observed for
 * classes containing this annotation type, and for all other classes in the
 * LDAP SDK:
 * 
 *   
 *     If an array is provided as an argument to a constructor or a method, then
 *     that array must not be referenced or altered by the caller at any time
 *     after that point unless it is clearly noted that it is acceptable to do
 *     so.
 *     


 *   
 *
 *   
 *     If an array is returned by a method, then the contents of that array must
 *     not be altered unless it is clearly noted that it is acceptable to do so.
 *     


 *   
 * 
 * 


 * It will only be used for classes which are primarily used as data structures
 * and will not be included in classes whose primary purpose is something other
 * than as a data type.  It will also not be used for interfaces, abstract
 * classes, or enums.
 * 


 * This annotation type will appear in the generated Javadoc documentation for
 * classes and interfaces that include it.
 *
 * @see  Mutable
 */
@Documented()
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target({ ElementType.TYPE })
public @interface NotMutable
{
}