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package java.beans;

import java.lang.annotation.*;

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.*;

import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.*;

/**

   <p>An annotation on a constructor that shows how the parameters of

   that constructor correspond to the constructed object's getter

   methods.  For example:

   <blockquote>

<pre>

   public class Point {

       @ConstructorProperties({"x", "y"})

       public Point(int x, int y) {

           this.x = x;

           this.y = y;

       }

       public int getX() {

           return x;

       }

       public int getY() {

           return y;

       }

       private final int x, y;

   }

</pre>

</blockquote>

   The annotation shows that the first parameter of the constructor

   can be retrieved with the {@code getX()} method and the second with

   the {@code getY()} method.  Since parameter names are not in

   general available at runtime, without the annotation there would be

   no way to know whether the parameters correspond to {@code getX()}

   and {@code getY()} or the other way around.</p>

   @since 1.6

*/

@Documented @Target(CONSTRUCTOR) @Retention(RUNTIME)

public @interface ConstructorProperties {

    /**

       <p>The getter names.</p>

       @return the getter names corresponding to the parameters in the

       annotated constructor.

    */

    String[] value();

}