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 is used to indicate that instances of the associated 035 * class may be altered after they have been created. 036 * <BR><BR> 037 * It will only be used for classes which are primarily used as data structures 038 * and will not be included in classes whose primary purpose is something other 039 * than as a data type. It will also not be used for interfaces, abstract 040 * classes, or enums. 041 * <BR><BR> 042 * This annotation type will appear in the generated Javadoc documentation for 043 * classes and interfaces that include it. 044 * 045 * @see NotMutable 046 */ 047@Documented() 048@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) 049@Target({ ElementType.TYPE }) 050public @interface Mutable 051{ 052}