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      1 /*
      2  * Copyright (C) 2015 The Android Open Source Project
      3  *
      4  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
      5  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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      9  *
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     15  */
     16 package androidx.annotation;
     17 
     18 import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR;
     19 import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
     20 import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.PARAMETER;
     21 import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;
     22 import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.CLASS;
     23 
     24 import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
     25 import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
     26 import java.lang.annotation.Target;
     27 
     28 /**
     29  * Denotes that the annotated method or constructor should only be called on the UI thread.
     30  * If the annotated element is a class, then all methods in the class should be called
     31  * on the UI thread.
     32  * <p>
     33  * Example:
     34  * <pre><code>
     35  *  &#64;UiThread
     36  *
     37  *  public abstract void setText(@NonNull String text) { ... }
     38  * </code></pre>
     39  *
     40  * <p class="note"><b>Note:</b> Ordinarily, an app's UI thread is also the main
     41  * thread. However, However, under special circumstances, an app's UI thread
     42  * might not be its main thread; for more information, see
     43  * <a href="/studio/write/annotations.html#thread-annotations">Thread
     44  * annotations</a>.
     45  *
     46  * @see androidx.annotation.MainThread
     47  */
     48 @Documented
     49 @Retention(CLASS)
     50 @Target({METHOD,CONSTRUCTOR,TYPE,PARAMETER})
     51 public @interface UiThread {
     52 }
     53