001    /**
002     * $Id: RunBackground.java,v 1.2 2010/01/26 18:57:17 oboehm Exp $
003     *
004     * Copyright (c) 2008 by Oliver Boehm
005     *
006     * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
007     * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
008     * You may obtain a copy of the License at
009     *
010     *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
011     *
012     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
013     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
014     * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express orimplied.
015     * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
016     * limitations under the License.
017     *
018     * (c)reated 19.01.2009 by oliver (ob@oasd.de)
019     */
020    package patterntesting.annotation.concurrent;
021    
022    import java.lang.annotation.*;
023    
024    /**
025     * With this annotation you can mark methods which should run in background
026     * (as separate thread).
027     * This is helpful for method you don't expect a result but do some useful
028     * jobs like cleanup jobs or other house keeping tasks which can be done in the
029     * background.
030     *
031     * @author <a href="boehm@javatux.de">oliver</a>
032     * @since 19.01.2009
033     * @version $Revision: 1.2 $
034     */
035    @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
036    @Target({ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR, ElementType.METHOD})
037    public @interface RunBackground {
038    
039    }