Package org.apache.geode.annotations

Annotation Interface Experimental

@Documented @Retention(RUNTIME) @Target({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
    Description
    String
    value
    Optional description

  • Element Details

    • value

      String value
      Optional description
      Returns:
      the description for this annotation
      Default:
      ""