| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2013 IBM Corporation and others. |
| * |
| * This program and the accompanying materials |
| * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 |
| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
| * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/ |
| * |
| * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.pde.api.tools.annotations; |
| |
| 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; |
| |
| /** |
| * Classes tagged with this annotation are declaring they are not to be |
| * instantiated by clients. If this annotation is used anywhere except for |
| * classes it will be ignored. |
| * |
| * @since 1.0 |
| */ |
| @Documented |
| @Target(ElementType.TYPE) |
| @Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE) |
| public @interface NoInstantiate { |
| |
| } |