001/* 002 * Copyright 2009-2017 UnboundID Corp. 003 * All Rights Reserved. 004 */ 005/* 006 * Copyright (C) 2009-2017 UnboundID Corp. 007 * 008 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 009 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPLv2 only) 010 * or the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPLv2.1 only) 011 * as published by the Free Software Foundation. 012 * 013 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 014 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 015 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the 016 * GNU General Public License for more details. 017 * 018 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 019 * along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses>. 020 */ 021package com.unboundid.util; 022 023 024 025import java.lang.annotation.Documented; 026import java.lang.annotation.ElementType; 027import java.lang.annotation.Retention; 028import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy; 029import java.lang.annotation.Target; 030 031 032 033/** 034 * This annotation type may be used to mark a class or interface as one that 035 * may be safely extended or implemented by third-party code. Some interfaces 036 * and non-final classes within the LDAP SDK are not intended to be implemented 037 * by code outside of the LDAP SDK, so only those classes or interfaces with the 038 * {@code @Extensible} annotation type should be considered safe to extend or 039 * implement by third-party code. 040 * <BR><BR> 041 * This annotation type will appear in the generated Javadoc documentation for 042 * classes and interfaces that include it. 043 * 044 * @see NotExtensible 045 */ 046@Documented() 047@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) 048@Target({ ElementType.TYPE }) 049public @interface Extensible 050{ 051}