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| 1 | +/* |
| 2 | + * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one |
| 3 | + * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file |
| 4 | + * distributed with this work for additional information |
| 5 | + * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file |
| 6 | + * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the |
| 7 | + * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance |
| 8 | + * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at |
| 9 | + * |
| 10 | + * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| 11 | + * |
| 12 | + * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| 13 | + * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| 14 | + * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| 15 | + * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
| 16 | + * limitations under the License. |
| 17 | + */ |
| 18 | +package org.apache.hadoop.hive.common.classification; |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +import java.lang.annotation.Documented; |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +/** |
| 23 | + * Annotation to inform users of how much to rely on a particular package, |
| 24 | + * class or method not changing over time. |
| 25 | + */ |
| 26 | +public class InterfaceStability { |
| 27 | + /** |
| 28 | + * Can evolve while retaining compatibility for minor release boundaries.; |
| 29 | + * can break compatibility only at major release (ie. at m.0). |
| 30 | + */ |
| 31 | + @Documented |
| 32 | + public @interface Stable {}; |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | + /** |
| 35 | + * Evolving, but can break compatibility at minor release (i.e. m.x) |
| 36 | + */ |
| 37 | + @Documented |
| 38 | + public @interface Evolving {}; |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | + /** |
| 41 | + * No guarantee is provided as to reliability or stability across any |
| 42 | + * level of release granularity. |
| 43 | + */ |
| 44 | + @Documented |
| 45 | + public @interface Unstable {}; |
| 46 | +} |
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