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package javax.management.openmbean;

import java.lang.annotation.Documented;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;

import java.lang.annotation.Inherited;

import java.lang.annotation.Retention;

import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;

import java.lang.annotation.Target;

import javax.management.NotCompliantMBeanException;

/**

 * Specifies the MXBean mapping to be used for this Java type.

 * @see MXBeanMapping

 */

@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)

@Target(ElementType.TYPE)

@Documented @Inherited

public @interface MXBeanMappingClass {

    /**

     * <p>The {@link MXBeanMapping} class to be used to map the

     * annotated type.  This class must have a public constructor with

     * a single argument of type {@link java.lang.reflect.Type}.  The

     * constructor will be called with the annotated type as an

     * argument.  See the {@code MXBeanMapping} documentation

     * for an example.</p>

     *

     * <p>If the {@code MXBeanMapping} cannot in fact handle that

     * type, the constructor should throw an {@link

     * OpenDataException}.  If the constructor throws this or any other

     * exception then an MXBean in which the annotated type appears is

     * invalid, and registering it in the MBean Server will produce a

     * {@link NotCompliantMBeanException}.

     */

    public Class<? extends MXBeanMapping> value();

}