ph annotations

Custom Java annotations used throughout the ph-* projects for nullness, thread safety, code style and documentation purposes.

Key annotations include:

• Thread safety: @ThreadSafe, @NotThreadSafe, @Immutable, @GuardedBy
• Code style: @PresentForCodeCoverage, @VisibleForTesting, @UsedViaReflection, @OverrideOnDemand
• Return types: @ReturnsMutableCopy, @ReturnsMutableObject, @ReturnsImmutableObject
• Constraints: @Nonempty, @Nonnegative
• Lifecycle: @Since, @Until, @WorkInProgress, @DevelopersNote

Maven usage

Add the following to your pom.xml to use this artifact:

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.helger.commons</groupId>
  <artifactId>ph-annotations</artifactId>
  <version>x.y.z</version>
</dependency>