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20  
21  package org.apache.hadoop.hbase;
22  
23  /**
24   * Tag a test as 'large', meaning that the test class has the following
25   * characteristics:
26   *  - executed in an isolated JVM. Tests can however be executed in different
27   *    JVM on the same machine simultaneously.
28   *  - will not have to be executed by the developer before submitting a bug
29   *  - ideally, last less than 2 minutes to help parallelization
30   *
31   *  It the worst case compared to small or medium, use it only for tests that
32   *    you cannot put in the other categories
33   *
34   * @see SmallTests
35   * @see MediumTests
36   * @see IntegrationTests
37   */
38  public interface LargeTests {
39  }