--- /dev/null 2014-11-21 12:38:35.808574467 -0800 +++ new/jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/Exported.java 2015-04-02 16:17:14.023471678 -0700 @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ +/* + * Copyright (c) 2013, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. + * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. + * + * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it + * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as + * published by the Free Software Foundation. Oracle designates this + * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided + * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code. + * + * This code 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 General Public License + * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that + * accompanied this code). + * + * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version + * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, + * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. + * + * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA + * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any + * questions. + */ + +package jdk; + +import java.lang.annotation.*; + +/** + * Indicates whether or not a JDK specific type or package is an + * exported part of the JDK suitable for use outside of the JDK + * implementation itself. + * + * This annotation should only be applied to types and packages + * outside of the Java SE namespaces of {@code java.*} and + * {@code javax.*} packages. For example, certain portions of {@code + * com.sun.*} are official parts of the JDK meant to be generally + * usable while other portions of {@code com.sun.*} are not. This + * annotation type allows those portions to be easily and + * programmatically distinguished. + * + *
If in one release a type or package is
+ * @Exported(true)
, in a subsequent major release such a
+ * type or package can transition to @Exported(false)
.
+ *
+ *
If a type or package is @Exported(false)
in a
+ * release, it may be removed in a subsequent major release.
+ *
+ *
If a top-level type has an @Exported
annotation,
+ * any nested member types with the top-level type should have an
+ * @Exported
annotation with the same value.
+ *
+ * (In exceptional cases, if a nested type is going to be removed
+ * before its enclosing type, the nested type's could be
+ * @Exported(false)
while its enclosing type was
+ * @Exported(true)
.)
+ *
+ * Likewise, if a package has an @Exported
annotation,
+ * top-level types within that package should also have an
+ * @Exported
annotation.
+ *
+ * Sometimes a top-level type may have a different
+ * @Exported
value than its package.
+ *
+ * @since 1.8
+ */
+@Documented
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Target({ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.PACKAGE})
+@Exported
+public @interface Exported {
+ /**
+ * Whether or not the annotated type or package is an exported
+ * part of the JDK.
+ * @return whether or not the annotated type or package is an exported
+ * part of the JDK
+ */
+ boolean value() default true;
+}