001/* 002 * Copyright (C) 2006 The Guava Authors 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except 005 * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 006 * 007 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 008 * 009 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License 010 * is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express 011 * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under 012 * the License. 013 */ 014 015package com.google.common.annotations; 016 017/** 018 * Annotates a program element that exists, or is more widely visible than otherwise necessary, only 019 * for use in test code. 020 * 021 * <p><b>Do not use this interface</b> for public or protected declarations: it is a fig leaf for 022 * bad design, and it does not prevent anyone from using the declaration---and experience has shown 023 * that they will. If the method breaks the encapsulation of its class, then its internal 024 * representation will be hard to change. Instead, use <a 025 * href="http://errorprone.info/bugpattern/RestrictedApi">RestrictedApiChecker</a>, which enforces 026 * fine-grained visibility policies. 027 * 028 * @author Johannes Henkel 029 */ 030@GwtCompatible 031public @interface VisibleForTesting { 032}