android/annotation/Hide.java

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2019 The Android Open Source Project
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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package android.annotation;

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.FIELD;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.PACKAGE;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;

import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * Indicates that an API is hidden by default, in a similar fashion to the
 * <pre>@hide</pre> javadoc tag.
 *
 * <p>Note that, in order for this to work, metalava has to be invoked with
 * the flag {@code --hide-annotation android.annotation.Hide}.
 * @hide
 */
@Target({TYPE, FIELD, METHOD, CONSTRUCTOR, ANNOTATION_TYPE, PACKAGE})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.CLASS)
public @interface Hide {
}