bibliothek.util

Annotation Type FrameworkOnly

@Retention(value=SOURCE)
 @Documented
public @interface FrameworkOnly

This annotation marks classes, interfaces and other elements that should not be used by clients. To be more specific:

• A class marked with FrameworkOnly should not be instantiated or subclassed by a client
• An interface marked with FrameworkOnly should not be implemented by a client
• A method marked with FrameworkOnly should not be invoked by a client
• It is perfectly legitimate to use a subclass of a marked class/interface, the FrameworkOnly attribute is not inherited
• It is also perfectly legitimate to call methods of a class/interface that is marked as FrameworkOnly

This annotation is only a hint: there may very well exist situations were a client needs to create or implement a FrameworkOnly element.

Author:

Benjamin Sigg

See Also:

ClientOnly