Ignore.java

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package org.apache.felix.ipojo.annotations;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * A @{@link Ignore} annotation mark its annotated type to be ignored by the iPOJO manipulator.
 * This is handy when the annotation could be recognized as a "custom annotation handler" (contains {@literal ".ipojo."}
 * or {@literal ".handler."} in its package name) but in fact is not a handler annotation at all.
 *
 * <pre>
 *     package com.acme.ipojo.handler;
 *     @Ignore
 *     public @interface Foo {}
 * </pre>
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:dev@felix.apache.org">Felix Project Team</a>
 */
@Target(ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE)
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.CLASS)
public @interface Ignore {}