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The core HTTP and composition mechanisms of Ratpack

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package ratpack.api;

import java.lang.annotation.*;

/**
 * Declares that a method is non blocking, making no guarantees about when it will return.
 * 
 * Callers of non blocking methods cannot assume anything about what was done before the method returned.
 * In other words, non blocking methods are free to do their work on other threads and return from the method immediately.
 */
@Documented
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE)
@Target({ElementType.METHOD})
public @interface NonBlocking {
}