patterntesting.annotation.concurrent
Annotation Type RunBackground

@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
@Target(value={CONSTRUCTOR,METHOD})
public @interface RunBackground

With this annotation you can mark methods which should run in background (as separate thread). This is helpful for method you don't expect a result but do some useful jobs like cleanup jobs or other house keeping tasks which can be done in the background.

Since:

19.01.2009

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $

Author:

oliver