com.google.common.annotations.Beta Maven / Gradle / Ivy
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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 {}