1/*
2 * Copyright (C) 2010 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 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
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 * Signifies that a public API (public class, method or field) is subject to
27 * incompatible changes, or even removal, in a future release. An API bearing
28 * this annotation is exempt from any compatibility guarantees made by its
29 * containing library.
30 *
31 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
32 */
33@Retention(RetentionPolicy.CLASS)
34@Target({
35    ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE,
36    ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR,
37    ElementType.FIELD,
38    ElementType.METHOD,
39    ElementType.TYPE})
40@Documented
41@GwtCompatible
42@Beta
43public @interface Beta {}
44