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| 1 | +/* |
| 2 | + * Copyright 2008-present MongoDB, Inc. |
| 3 | + * Copyright 2010 The Guava Authors |
| 4 | + * Copyright 2011 The Guava Authors |
| 5 | + * |
| 6 | + * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
| 7 | + * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
| 8 | + * You may obtain a copy of the License at |
| 9 | + * |
| 10 | + * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| 11 | + * |
| 12 | + * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| 13 | + * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| 14 | + * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| 15 | + * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
| 16 | + * limitations under the License. |
| 17 | + */ |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | +package org.bson.annotations; |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +import java.lang.annotation.Documented; |
| 22 | +import java.lang.annotation.ElementType; |
| 23 | +import java.lang.annotation.Retention; |
| 24 | +import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy; |
| 25 | +import java.lang.annotation.Target; |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +/** |
| 28 | + * Signifies that a public API (public class, method or field) is subject to |
| 29 | + * incompatible changes, or even removal, in a future release. An API bearing |
| 30 | + * this annotation is exempt from any compatibility guarantees made by its |
| 31 | + * containing library. Note that the presence of this annotation implies nothing |
| 32 | + * about the quality or performance of the API in question, only the fact that |
| 33 | + * it is not "API-frozen." |
| 34 | + * |
| 35 | + * <p>It is generally safe for <i>applications</i> to depend on beta APIs, at |
| 36 | + * the cost of some extra work during upgrades. However it is generally |
| 37 | + * inadvisable for <i>libraries</i> (which get included on users' CLASSPATHs, |
| 38 | + * outside the library developers' control) to do so. |
| 39 | + * |
| 40 | + **/ |
| 41 | +@Retention(RetentionPolicy.CLASS) |
| 42 | +@Target({ |
| 43 | + ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE, |
| 44 | + ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR, |
| 45 | + ElementType.FIELD, |
| 46 | + ElementType.METHOD, |
| 47 | + ElementType.PACKAGE, |
| 48 | + ElementType.TYPE }) |
| 49 | +@Documented |
| 50 | +@Beta(Reason.CLIENT) |
| 51 | +public @interface Beta { |
| 52 | + /** |
| 53 | + * @return The reason an API element is marked with {@link Beta}. |
| 54 | + */ |
| 55 | + Reason[] value(); |
| 56 | +} |
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