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namespace Apache.Ignite.Core.Common
{
    using System;

    /// <summary>
    /// This attribute marks API elements (such as interfaces and methods) as experimental
    /// meaning that the API is not finalized yet and may be changed or replaced in future Ignite releases.
    ///
    /// Such APIs are exposed so that users can make use of a feature before the API has been stabilized.
    /// The expectation is that an API element should be "eventually" stabilized. Incompatible changes are
    /// allowed for such APIs: API may be removed, changed or stabilized in future Ignite releases
    /// (both minor and maintenance).
    /// </summary>
    [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class | AttributeTargets.Method)]
    public sealed class IgniteExperimentalAttribute : Attribute
    {
        // No-op.
    }
}