com.google.common.annotations
Annotation Type GwtCompatible

@Retention(value=CLASS)
@Target(value={TYPE,METHOD})
public @interface GwtCompatible

The presence of this annotation on a type indicates that the type may be used with the Google Web Toolkit (GWT). When applied to a method, the return type of the method is GWT compatible. It's useful to indicate that an instance created by factory methods has a GWT serializable type. In the following example,

 @GwtCompatible
 class Lists {
   ...
   @GwtCompatible(serializable = true)
   static <E> List<E> newArrayList(E... elements) {
     ...
   }
 }
 

 @GwtCompatible
 interface ListFactory {
   ...
   @GwtCompatible(serializable = true)
   <E> List<E> newArrayList(E... elements);
 }
 

Note that a GwtCompatible type may have some GwtIncompatible methods.

Author:

Charles Fry, Hayward Chan

serializable

public abstract boolean serializable

When true, the annotated type or the type of the method return value is GWT serializable.

See Also:

Documentation about GWT serialization

Default:

false

emulated

public abstract boolean emulated

When true, the annotated type is emulated in GWT. The emulated source (also known as super-source) is different from the implementation used by the JVM.

See Also:

Documentation about GWT emulated source

Default:

false