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Annotation Type IncompatibleReturnType

@Documented
 @ExperimentalApi
 @Target(value=METHOD)
 @Retention(value=SOURCE)
public @interface IncompatibleReturnType

Indicates that a method's return type has been changed in a way that is not binary-compatible (and possibly also not source-compatible).

This annotation should only be used when only the return type has changed, but the method signature has remained unchanged.

Required Element Summary

Required Elements

Modifier and Type	Required Element and Description
String	since
String	was

Element Detail

since

public abstract String since

Returns:

the JIRA version when the incompatible change was made

was

public abstract String was

Returns:

the name of the previous return type