Experimental (Apache Geode 2.0.2)
Description: declaration: package: org.apache.geode.annotations, annotation type: Experimental

Package org.apache.geode.annotations

# Annotation Interface Experimental

@Documented @Retention(RUNTIME) @Target({ANNOTATION_TYPE,CONSTRUCTOR,FIELD,METHOD,PACKAGE,TYPE}) public @interface Experimental
Signifies that a public API (public class, method or field) is subject to incompatible changes, or even removal, in a future release. An API bearing this annotation is exempt from any compatibility guarantees made by its containing library.

Note that the presence of this annotation implies nothing about the quality or performance of the API in question, only the fact that it is not "API-frozen."

It is generally safe for applications to depend on beta APIs, at the cost of some extra work during upgrades. However, it is generally inadvisable for libraries (which get included on users' class paths, outside the library developers' control) to do so.

Inspired by similar annotations in JGroups, Spark, DataflowJavaSDK.

- ## Optional Element Summary

  Optional Elements
  Modifier and Type
  Optional Element
  Description
  `String`
  `value`
  Optional description

- ## Element Details

  - ### value

    String value
    Optional description
    Returns:
      the description for this annotation
    Default:
      ""