/*
 * Copyright (C) 2010 The Guava Authors
 *
 * 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 limitations under
 * the License.
 */

package com.google.common.annotations;

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;

Signifies that a public API (public class, method or field) is subject to incompatible changes,
or even removal, in a future release. An API bearing this annotation is exempt from any
compatibility guarantees made by its containing library. Note that the presence of this
annotation implies nothing about the quality or performance of the API in question, only the fact
that it is not "API-frozen."
It is generally safe for applications to depend on beta APIs, at the cost of some extra
work during upgrades. However it is generally inadvisable for libraries (which get
included on users' CLASSPATHs, outside the library developers' control) to do so.
Author:
Kevin Bourrillion/**
 * Signifies that a public API (public class, method or field) is subject to incompatible changes,
 * or even removal, in a future release. An API bearing this annotation is exempt from any
 * compatibility guarantees made by its containing library. Note that the presence of this
 * annotation implies nothing about the quality or performance of the API in question, only the fact
 * that it is not "API-frozen."
 *
 * <p>It is generally safe for <i>applications</i> to depend on beta APIs, at the cost of some extra
 * work during upgrades. However it is generally inadvisable for <i>libraries</i> (which get
 * included on users' CLASSPATHs, outside the library developers' control) to do so.
 *
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.CLASS)
@Target({
  ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE,
  ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR,
  ElementType.FIELD,
  ElementType.METHOD,
  ElementType.TYPE
})
@Documented
@GwtCompatible
public @interface Beta {}