/*
* Copyright (C) 2009 The Guava Authors
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
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package com.google.common.annotations;
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;
/**
* The presence of this annotation on a method indicates that the method may
* <em>not</em> be used with the
* <a href="http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/">Google Web Toolkit</a> (GWT),
* even though its type is annotated as {@link GwtCompatible} and accessible in
* GWT. They can cause GWT compilation errors or simply unexpected exceptions
* when used in GWT.
*
* <p>Note that this annotation should only be applied to methods, fields, or
* inner classes of types which are annotated as {@link GwtCompatible}.
*
* @author Charles Fry
*/
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.CLASS)
@Target({
ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.METHOD,
ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR, ElementType.FIELD })
@Documented
@GwtCompatible
public @interface GwtIncompatible {
/**
* Describes why the annotated element is incompatible with GWT. Since this is
* generally due to a dependence on a type/method which GWT doesn't support,
* it is sufficient to simply reference the unsupported type/method. E.g.
* "Class.isInstance".
*/
String value();
}