/******************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2006, 2015 Wind River Systems and others. * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html * * Contributors: * Wind River Systems - initial API and implementation *******************************************************************************/ package org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.concurrent; 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; /** * Annotation indicating that given class is immutable and thus thread-safe. * This annotation is not automatically inherited by sub-classes, since * sub-classes need to make sure that they are immutable as well. * <p> * Note: the runtime retention policy is there to allow automated testing * and validation code. * * @since 1.0 */ @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) @Target(ElementType.TYPE) @Documented public @interface Immutable { }