Package org.eclipse.jdt.annotation

# Annotation Interface NotOwning

@Retention(CLASS) @Documented @Target({TYPE,PARAMETER,METHOD,FIELD}) public @interface NotOwning
This annotation allows to specify absence of responsibility for certain objects as they are passed from one method to another.

This annotation is the direct inverse of `Owning` and can be used in all locations, where that annotation is used. See `Owning` for detailed semantics when applied to different kinds of code locations.

`@NotOwning` can be used do specify a shared responsibility rather than the clear separation between sources and sinks of resources given by `Owning`.

In particular the annotation `@NotOwning` makes explicit that absence of `@Owning` is by intention.

Additionally, placing `@NotOwning` on a class that implements `AutoCloseable` specifies that instances of this class do not hold any gc-resistant resources and therefore calling `AutoCloseable.close()` is not necessary.

Since:
  2.3