package net.jcip.annotations;
import java.lang.annotation.*;

/*
 * Copyright (c) 2005 Brian Goetz and Tim Peierls
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 *   (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5)
 * Official home: http://www.jcip.net
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 */


The class to which this annotation is applied is not thread-safe. This annotation primarily exists for clarifying the non-thread-safety of a class that might otherwise be assumed to be thread-safe, despite the fact that it is a bad idea to assume a class is thread-safe without good reason.
See Also:
  • ThreadSafe
/** * The class to which this annotation is applied is not thread-safe. * This annotation primarily exists for clarifying the non-thread-safety of a class * that might otherwise be assumed to be thread-safe, despite the fact that it is a bad * idea to assume a class is thread-safe without good reason. * @see ThreadSafe */
@Documented @Target(ElementType.TYPE) @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) public @interface NotThreadSafe { }