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jBasics is a collection of useful utility classes for Java. This includes helper for XML, mathematic functions,
restful web services helper, pattern oriented programming interfaces and more. Currently Java7 and up is
supported. Version 1.0 will required at leaset Java8.
/*
* Copyright (c) 2009-2015
* IT-Consulting Stephan Schloepke (http://www.schloepke.de/)
* klemm software consulting Mirko Klemm (http://www.klemm-scs.com/)
*
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package org.jbasics.annotation;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
/**
* Defines that the state of an Instance of the class is always immutable. It is required that there is no ways to
* change the value of an instance of this class neither direct or indirect. Immutable types are also always thread
* safe!
*
* @author Stephan Schloepke
* @since 1.0
*/
@Target({ElementType.TYPE})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface ImmutableState {
/**
* Indicates that we are only immutable if the given construction parameters are immutable as well.
*
* @return True if the immutable state is derived of its construction parameters. Default is false.
*/
boolean derived() default false;
}