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 *
 * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
 * terms of the Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0, which is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php.
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 */

package org.glassfish.pfl.dynamic.copyobject.spi ;

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

Annotation used on classes that are immutable; that is,
all public methods return the same value for the same
inputs after the object has been constructed.  Such
objects do not need to be copied by the object copier.
/** Annotation used on classes that are immutable; that is,
 * all public methods return the same value for the same
 * inputs after the object has been constructed.  Such
 * objects do not need to be copied by the object copier.
 */
@Documented 
@Target(ElementType.TYPE) 
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface Immutable { }