001/* 002 * (C) Copyright 2015 Nuxeo SA (http://nuxeo.com/) and contributors. 003 * 004 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials 005 * are made available under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License 006 * (LGPL) version 2.1 which accompanies this distribution, and is available at 007 * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html 008 * 009 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 010 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 011 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 012 * Lesser General Public License for more details. 013 * 014 * Contributors: 015 * jcarsique 016 */ 017package org.nuxeo.common.annotation; 018 019import java.lang.annotation.Documented; 020import java.lang.annotation.ElementType; 021import java.lang.annotation.Retention; 022import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy; 023import java.lang.annotation.Target; 024 025/** 026 * Signifies that annotated API is still in early stage and subject to incompatible changes, or even removal, in a 027 * future release. The presence of this annotation implies nothing about the code quality or performance, only the fact 028 * that the API is not yet "frozen". 029 * <p> 030 * It is generally safe to depend on Experimental APIs, at the prospective cost of some extra work during upgrades. The 031 * API <code>@Since</code> annotation gives a preview on how much mature it is and the chances for the 032 * <code>@Experimental</code> annotation being soon removed. 033 * 034 * @since 7.2 035 */ 036@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) 037@Target({ ElementType.PACKAGE, ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR, ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.TYPE }) 038@Documented 039@Experimental 040public @interface Experimental { 041 String comment() default ""; 042}