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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014, United States Government, as represented by the
+ * Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * The Java Pathfinder core (jpf-core) platform is 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
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package gov.nasa.jpf.annotation;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+
+/**
+ * annotation that is used to mark fields or types which should not
+ * have shared field access CGs
+ */
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+public @interface NeverBreak {
+}