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; 024 025/** 026 * This annotation is intended as a hint that the annotated class is immutable or effectively immutable. 027 * Alternatively javax.annotation.concurrent.Immutable may be used 028 */ 029@Retention(RUNTIME) 030@Target({ TYPE }) 031@Documented 032public @interface Immutable { 033}