org.apache.geode.annotations

Annotation Type Experimental

@Documented
 @Retention(value=RUNTIME)
 @Target(value={ANNOTATION_TYPE,CONSTRUCTOR,FIELD,METHOD,PACKAGE,TYPE})
public @interface Experimental

Signifies that a public API (public class, method or field) is subject to incompatible changes, or even removal, in a future release. An API bearing this annotation is exempt from any compatibility guarantees made by its containing library.

Note that the presence of this annotation implies nothing about the quality or performance of the API in question, only the fact that it is not "API-frozen."

It is generally safe for applications to depend on beta APIs, at the cost of some extra work during upgrades. However, it is generally inadvisable for libraries (which get included on users' class paths, outside the library developers' control) to do so.

Inspired by similar annotations in JGroups, Spark, DataflowJavaSDK.

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
String	value Optional description

Element Detail

value

public abstract String value

Optional description

Returns:

the description for this annotation

Default:

""