java/src/org/openqa/selenium/Beta.java

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package org.openqa.selenium;

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;

/**
 * Indicates that a feature or API is in active development, and so should not be relied upon. The
 * update policy for anything marked beta is that it may be deleted in the next Selenium release
 * without warning.
 *
 * <p>In the ideal world, this would cause the method to <span class="blink">blink gently</span> in
 * the user's IDE. We don't live in the ideal world. We'll find out the hard way whether reading
 * docs is the same thing.
 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target({
  ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE,
  ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR,
  ElementType.FIELD,
  ElementType.METHOD,
  ElementType.TYPE
})
@Documented
public @interface Beta {}