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    25 

    26 package jdk.jfr;

    27 

    28 import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;

    29 import java.lang.annotation.Retention;

    30 import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;

    31 import java.lang.annotation.Target;

    32 

    33 /**

    34  * Event field annotation, specifies that the value is a point in time.

    35  *

    36  * @since 9

    37  */

    38 @MetadataDefinition

    39 @ContentType

    40 @Label("Timestamp")

    41 @Description("A point in time")

    42 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)

    43 @Target({ ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.METHOD})

    44 public @interface Timestamp {

    45     /**

    46      * The unit for the difference, measured in milliseconds, between the current

    47      * time and midnight, January 1, 1970 UTC.

    48      */

    49     public final static String MILLISECONDS_SINCE_EPOCH = "MILLISECONDS_SINCE_EPOCH";

    50 

    51     /**

    52      * The unit for the number of ticks that have transpired since some arbitrary

    53      * starting date.

    54      */

    55     public final static String TICKS = "TICKS";

    56 

    57     /**

    58      * Unit for the time stamp.

    59      *

    60      * @return time stamp unit, not {@code null}

    61      */

    62     String value() default Timestamp.MILLISECONDS_SINCE_EPOCH;

    63 }