Package com.google.common.annotations

Annotation Type VisibleForTesting

@GwtCompatible
public @interface VisibleForTesting

Annotates a program element that exists, or is more widely visible than otherwise necessary, only for use in test code.

Do not use this interface for public or protected declarations: it is a fig leaf for bad design, and it does not prevent anyone from using the declaration---and experience has shown that they will. If the method breaks the encapsulation of its class, then its internal representation will be hard to change. Instead, use , which enforces fine-grained visibility policies.

Author:

Johannes Henkel