core/src/com/google/inject/Exposed.java

/**
 * Copyright (C) 2008 Google Inc.
 *
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package com.google.inject;

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

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

/**
 * Acccompanies a {@literal @}{@link com.google.inject.Provides Provides} method annotation in a
 * private module to indicate that the provided binding is exposed.
 *
 * @author jessewilson@google.com (Jesse Wilson)
 * @since 2.0
 */
@Target(ElementType.METHOD) @Retention(RUNTIME) @Documented
public @interface Exposed {}