/*
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 *
 * 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
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package spock.lang;

import java.lang.annotation.*;

/**
 * Indicates that a field is shared among all feature methods in a
 * specification. Initializing a shared field at the point of declaration
 * is encouraged; semantically, this is equivalent to initializing the field at
 * the very beginning of the <tt>setupSpec()</tt> method.
 * 
 * @author Peter Niederwieser
 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.FIELD)
public @interface Shared {}