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Annotation Type Async

@Documented
@Target(value=METHOD)
@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
public @interface Async

Marks a method for asynchronous execution.

Add this annotation to the method you want to execute asynchronously. Methods of return type void and java.util.concurrent.Future are supported. In the latter case, an actual asynchronous Future will be returned, but the target method should return a temporary {@code Future} that passes the value through as the return type needs to be the same. Usage with other return types may cause unexpected behavior (because {@code NULL} will always be returned).

Since:

0.16

Version:

$Id$

Author:

Carlos Miranda (miranda.cma@gmail.com)

See Also:

http://aspects.jcabi.com/