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 * Copyright 2008-present MongoDB, Inc.
 * Copyright 2010 The Guava Authors
 * Copyright 2011 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
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 * 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 com.mongodb.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.
/**
 * 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.
 *
 **/
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.CLASS)
@Target({
        ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE,
        ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR,
        ElementType.FIELD,
        ElementType.METHOD,
        ElementType.PACKAGE,
        ElementType.TYPE })
@Documented
@Beta
public @interface Beta {
}