/*
 * ModeShape (http://www.modeshape.org)
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 * regarding copyright ownership.  Some portions may be licensed
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 * See the AUTHORS.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of 
 * individual contributors.
 *
 * ModeShape is free software. Unless otherwise indicated, all code in ModeShape
 * is licensed to you under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of
 * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * ModeShape is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this software; if not, write to the Free
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 * 02110-1301 USA, or see the FSF site: http://www.fsf.org.
 */
package org.modeshape.common.annotation;

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;

/**
 * Copyright (c) 2005 Brian Goetz and Tim Peierls.<br />
 * Released under the Creative Commons Attribution License<br />
 * (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5)<br />
 * Official home: http://www.jcip.net<br />
 * Adopted from Java Concurrency in Practice.
 * <p>
 * This annotation documents the class as being thread-safe. This means that no sequences of accesses (reads and writes to public
 * fields, calls to public methods) may put the object into an invalid state, regardless of the interleaving of those actions by
 * the runtime, and without requiring any additional synchronization or coordination on the part of the caller.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @see NotThreadSafe
 */
@Documented
@Target( ElementType.TYPE )
@Retention( RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME )
public @interface ThreadSafe {
}
