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package javax.management;

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:

 * </p>

 * <blockquote>

 *     <pre>

 *         public class MemoryUsage {

 *             // standard JavaBean conventions with getters

 *             <b>@ConstructorParameters({"init", "used", "committed", "max"})</b>

 *             public MemoryUsage(long init, long used,

 *                                long committed, long max) {...}

 *             public long getInit() {...}

 *             public long getUsed() {...}

 *             public long getCommitted() {...}

 *             public long getMax() {...}

 *         }

 *     </pre>

 * </blockquote>

 * <p>

 * The annotation shows that the first parameter of the constructor

 * can be retrieved with the {@code getInit()} method, the second one with

 * the {@code getUsed()} method, and so on. Since parameter names are not in

 * general available at runtime, without the annotation there would be

 * no way of knowing which parameter corresponds to which property.

 * </p>

 * <p>

 * If a constructor is annotated by the both {@code @java.beans.ConstructorProperties}

 * and {@code @javax.management.ConstructorParameters} annotations

 * the JMX introspection will give an absolute precedence to the latter one.

 * </p>

 *

 * @since 9

 */

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

public @interface ConstructorParameters {

    /**

     * <p>The getter names.</p>

     *

     * @return the getter names corresponding to the parameters in the

     * annotated constructor.

    */

    String[] value();

}