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18 package org.apache.hadoop.classification;
19
20 import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
21
22 /**
23 * Annotation to inform users of a package, class or method's intended audience.
24 */
25 @InterfaceAudience.Public
26 @InterfaceStability.Evolving
27 public class InterfaceAudience {
28 /**
29 * Intended for use by any project or application.
30 */
31 @Documented public @interface Public {};
32
33 /**
34 * Intended only for the project(s) specified in the annotation.
35 * For example, "Common", "HDFS", "MapReduce", "ZooKeeper", "HBase".
36 */
37 @Documented public @interface LimitedPrivate {
38 String[] value();
39 };
40
41 /**
42 * Intended for use only within Hadoop itself.
43 */
44 @Documented public @interface Private {};
45
46 private InterfaceAudience() {} // Audience can't exist on its own
47 }