1/*
2 * Copyright (C) 2015 The Android Open Source Project
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 */
16package android.annotation;
17
18import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
19import java.lang.annotation.Target;
20
21import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR;
22import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
23import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;
24import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.SOURCE;
25
26/**
27 * Denotes that the annotated method should only be called on a worker thread.
28 * If the annotated element is a class, then all methods in the class should be
29 * called on a worker thread.
30 * <p>
31 * Example:
32 *
33 * <pre>
34 * <code>
35 *  &#64;WorkerThread
36 *  protected abstract FilterResults performFiltering(CharSequence constraint);
37 * </code>
38 * </pre>
39 *
40 * @memberDoc This method may take several seconds to complete, so it should
41 *            only be called from a worker thread.
42 * @hide
43 */
44@Retention(SOURCE)
45@Target({METHOD,CONSTRUCTOR,TYPE})
46public @interface WorkerThread {
47}
48