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A module that provides Testify's annotations

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/*
 * Copyright 2016-2017 Testify Project.
 *
 * 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
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 */
package org.testifyproject.annotation;

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.FIELD;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;

import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * 
 * An annotation that can be placed on unit, integration and system test class fields to denote
 * the fields as a virtual collaborator. Virtual collaborators are mock instances that delegate
 * to a real instance of the collaborator of the System Under Test and are useful if you wish to
 * mock certain functionality (i.e. a method that calls a third-party service to process a
 * credit card charge) and delegate other functionality to the real collaborator instance.
 * 
 *
 * @author saden
 */
@Documented
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Target(FIELD)
public @interface Virtual {

}