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+/*
+ * Copyright 2007 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+
+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();
+}