Determined.java

/* 
 * Copyright 2014 Igor Maznitsa (http://www.igormaznitsa.com).
 *
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package com.igormaznitsa.prol.annotations;

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

/**
 * The annotation shows that a function describing a prolog predicate (which one
 * has the annotation before definition) is a determined one and it will be
 * called only one time. As an example of such predicate - write/1, nl/0
 *
 * @author Igor Maznitsa (igor.maznitsa@igormaznitsa.com)
 */
@Target(value = ElementType.METHOD)
@Retention(value = RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface Determined {
}