001/*
002 * Copyright 2020-2024 Ping Identity Corporation
003 * All Rights Reserved.
004 */
005/*
006 * Copyright 2020-2024 Ping Identity Corporation
007 *
008 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
009 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
010 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
011 *
012 *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
013 *
014 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
015 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
016 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
017 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
018 * limitations under the License.
019 */
020/*
021 * Copyright (C) 2020-2024 Ping Identity Corporation
022 *
023 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
024 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPLv2 only)
025 * or the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPLv2.1 only)
026 * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
027 *
028 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
029 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
030 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
031 * GNU General Public License for more details.
032 *
033 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
034 * along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses>.
035 */
036package com.unboundid.util;
037
038
039
040import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
041import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
042import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
043import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
044import java.lang.annotation.Target;
045
046
047
048/**
049 * This annotation type is used to indicate that the associated field, local
050 * variable, method or constructor parameter, or method return value is allowed
051 * to be {@code null}, and that code using nullable elements should be prepared
052 * to encounter {@code null} values.
053 * <BR><BR>
054 * This annotation type will appear in the generated Javadoc documentation for
055 * classes and interfaces that include it.
056 *
057 * @see  NotNull
058 */
059@Documented()
060@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
061@Target({ ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.LOCAL_VARIABLE, ElementType.PARAMETER,
062          ElementType.METHOD })
063public @interface Nullable
064{
065}