1/*
2 * Copyright (C) 2009 The Guava Authors
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
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15 */
16
17package com.google.common.annotations;
18
19import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
20import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
21import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
22import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
23import java.lang.annotation.Target;
24
25/**
26 * The presence of this annotation on a method indicates that the method may
27 * <em>not</em> be used with the
28 * <a href="http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/">Google Web Toolkit</a> (GWT),
29 * even though its type is annotated as {@link GwtCompatible} and accessible in
30 * GWT.  They can cause GWT compilation errors or simply unexpected exceptions
31 * when used in GWT.
32 *
33 * <p>Note that this annotation should only be applied to methods, fields, or
34 * inner classes of types which are annotated as {@link GwtCompatible}.
35 *
36 * @author Charles Fry
37 */
38@Retention(RetentionPolicy.CLASS)
39@Target({ ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR, ElementType.FIELD })
40@Documented
41@GwtCompatible
42public @interface GwtIncompatible {
43
44  /**
45   * Describes why the annotated element is incompatible with GWT. Since this is
46   * generally due to a dependence on a type/method which GWT doesn't support,
47   * it is sufficient to simply reference the unsupported type/method. E.g.
48   * "Class.isInstance".
49   */
50  String value();
51
52}
53