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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
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+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
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+ * questions.
+ */
+
+package java.lang.invoke;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.*;
+
+/**
+ * A field may be annotated as stable if all of its component variables
+ * changes value at most once.
+ * A field's value counts as its component value.
+ * If the field is typed as an array, then all the non-null components
+ * of the array, of depth up to the rank of the field's array type,
+ * also count as component values.
+ * By extension, any variable (either array or field) which has annotated
+ * as stable is called a stable variable, and its non-null or non-zero
+ * value is called a stable value.
+ * <p>
+ * Since all fields begin with a default value of null for references
+ * (resp., zero for primitives), it follows that this annotation indicates
+ * that the first non-null (resp., non-zero) value stored in the field
+ * will never be changed.
+ * <p>
+ * If the field is not of an array type, there are no array elements,
+ * then the value indicated as stable is simply the value of the field.
+ * If the dynamic type of the field value is an array but the static type
+ * is not, the components of the array are <em>not</em> regarded as stable.
+ * <p>
+ * If the field is an array type, then both the field value and
+ * all the components of the field value (if the field value is non-null)
+ * are indicated to be stable.
+ * If the field type is an array type with rank {@code N &gt; 1},
+ * then each component of the field value (if the field value is non-null),
+ * is regarded as a stable array of rank {@code N-1}.
+ * <p>
+ * Fields which are declared {@code final} may also be annotated as stable.
+ * Since final fields already behave as stable values, such an annotation
+ * indicates no additional information, unless the type of the field is
+ * an array type.
+ * <p>
+ * It is (currently) undefined what happens if a field annotated as stable
+ * is given a third value.  In practice, if the JVM relies on this annotation
+ * to promote a field reference to a constant, it may be that the Java memory
+ * model would appear to be broken, if such a constant (the second value of the field)
+ * is used as the value of the field even after the field value has changed.
+ */
+/* package-private */
+@Target(ElementType.FIELD)
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@interface Stable {
+}