/*
 *    Copyright (c) 2008-2011 Graham Allan
 *
 *   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *   You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 *   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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 *
 */
package org.mutabilitydetector;

/**
 * The various classifications for instances of classes.
 * 
 * @author Graham Allan / Grundlefleck at gmail dot com
 *
 */
public enum IsImmutable {

    /**
     * Instances are perfectly immutable, can be safely published without extra synchronisation.
     */
    IMMUTABLE,

    /**
     * Instances are only immutable when safely published. Extra synchronisation is required to publish effectively
     * immutable objects safely.
     */
    EFFECTIVELY_IMMUTABLE,

    /**
     * Instances are not immutable, do not cache and/or share instances, do not publish to multiple threads, do not use
     * as keys in {@link HashMap}s.
     */
    NOT_IMMUTABLE,

    /**
     * Instances can be any of {@link #IMMUTABLE}/{@link IsImmutable#IMMUTABLE}/{@link #NOT_IMMUTABLE}, however, an
     * internal error has occurred during analysis, and no result is meaningful.
     */
    COULD_NOT_ANALYSE;
}

@@ -1401,16 +1401,28 @@
 mutable#
+EFFECTIVELY_
 IMMUTABL

Correct javadoc.