001/*
002 *  Copyright 2013 Chris Pheby
003 *
004 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006 *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
007 *
008 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
009 *
010 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011 *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012 *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
013 *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
014 *  limitations under the License.
015 */
016package org.jadira.reflection.cloning.annotation;
017
018import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;
019import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
020
021import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
022import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
023import java.lang.annotation.Target;
024
025import org.jadira.reflection.cloning.BasicCloner;
026
027/**
028 * This annotation is intended as a hint that the annotated class does not contain multiple references
029 * to itself or any classes reachable from it. Cloning will not track references whilst handling 
030 * this class. Processing of this annotation can be enabled or disabled in {@link BasicCloner}
031 */
032@Retention(RUNTIME)
033@Target({ TYPE })
034@Documented
035public @interface Flat {
036}