If it (@immutable) is intended for just a human consumption then put it in the javadoc. What possible value is there in creating an non functional annotation. At least @deprecated has a purpose one gets a warning, whats the point of immutable if nothing changes if its there or not there. If anything its a bad thing because now instead of people writing up some nice reasonable javadoc explaining the class etc, we are just going to get an @immutable with no doco. This seems just another excuse so developer types can type even less and still claim that the fact is clear and in the source - when its not...
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