hamcrest-core/src/main/java/org/hamcrest/Factory.java

package org.hamcrest;

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

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;

/**
 * Marks a Hamcrest static factory method so tools recognise them.
 * A factory method is an equivalent to a named constructor.
 *
 * @deprecated The code generator is no longer maintained. Write classes of syntactic sugar by hand.
 * @author Joe Walnes
 */
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Target({METHOD})
@Deprecated
public @interface Factory {
}