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package org.openqa.selenium;
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;
/**
* Indicates that a feature or API is in active development, and so should not
* be relied upon. The update policy for anything marked beta is that it may be
* deleted in the next Selenium release without warning.
*
* In the ideal world, this would cause the method to blink gently in the user's
* IDE. We don't live in the ideal world. We'll find out the hard way whether
* reading docs is the same thing.
*/
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target({
ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE,
ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR,
ElementType.FIELD,
ElementType.METHOD,
ElementType.TYPE})
@Documented
public @interface Beta {}