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package jdk.nashorn.internal.ir.annotations;

import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import jdk.nashorn.internal.ir.debug.ASTWriter;

This signifies a node that should be ignored in traversal, for example
a reference to an already traversed node, or various metadata that
has no actual IR representations, but yet reside in the node.
See Also:
ASTWriter
Node/**
 * This signifies a node that should be ignored in traversal, for example
 * a reference to an already traversed node, or various metadata that
 * has no actual IR representations, but yet reside in the node.
 *
 * @see ASTWriter
 * @see jdk.nashorn.internal.ir.Node
 */
@Retention(value=RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface Ignore {
    // Empty
}