io.joynr.dispatcher.rpc.annotation.FireAndForget Maven / Gradle / Ivy
package io.joynr.dispatcher.rpc.annotation;
/*
* #%L
* %%
* Copyright (C) 2011 - 2016 BMW Car IT GmbH
* %%
* 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.
* #L%
*/
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
/**
* Annotation used to decorate interface methods to indicate that they should
* be treated with fire-and-forget semantics, meaning they must return void
* and the system will not wait for a reply to the method call, but instead
* return straight away. Any errors in communication can be logged by the
* infrastructure and / or framework, but the caller of the method will not
* be notified of any failure in communication.
*/
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
public @interface FireAndForget {
}