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package org.apache.phoenix.end2end;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

import org.apache.phoenix.query.BaseTest;

/**
 * 
 * Annotation to denote that the test lets HBase manage timestamp 
 * itself. Tests in these category do not drop HBase tables at 
 * the end of every test class. To prevent table name collisions that could happen otherwise,
 * these tests use random table names generated by {@link BaseTest#generateRandomString}.
 * 
 * Tests using a mini cluster need to be classified either 
 * as {@link ParallelStatsEnabledTest} or {@link ClientManagedTimeTest}
 * or {@link NeedsOwnMiniClusterTest} or {@link HBaseManagedTimeTest} otherwise they won't be run
 * when one runs mvn verify or mvn install.
 * 
 * @since 4.1
 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
public @interface ParallelStatsEnabledTest {

}