/**
* Copyright 2014 Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC
*
* This file is part of CATS.
*
* CATS is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* CATS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with CATS. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package com.comcast.cats.annotation;
import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
/**
* Use this annotation to instruct the Aspect ExclusiveAccessObserver to enforce
* exclusive access to the annotated method. If an ExclusiveAccessProvider is
* not provided the exclusive access check will be ignored.
*
* When using this class it is important to not @Override the implementation
* method. This will cause the annotation to be ignored during AOP processing.
* If you must use an @Override to update an existing implementation then place
* this annotation on the newly created class to be safe.
*
* @author cfrede001
*
*/
@Target( ElementType.METHOD )
@Retention( RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME )
@Documented
public @interface ExclusiveAccess
{
}