Source for java.beans.ConstructorProperties

   1: /* ConstructorProperties.java - Associate constructor params with props
   2:    Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation
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  37: 
  38: package java.beans;
  39: 
  40: import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
  41: import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
  42: import java.lang.annotation.Target;
  43: 
  44: import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
  45: import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR;
  46: 
  47: /**
  48:  * An annotation used to associate the parameters of a
  49:  * constructor with the accessor methods that later provide
  50:  * access to these values.  For example, the parameters of
  51:  * the  constructor <code>Person(String name, int age)</code>
  52:  * may be linked to the bean's two accessors, <code>getName()</code>
  53:  * and <code>getAge()</code> using
  54:  * <code>@ConstructorProperties({"name","age"})</code>.
  55:  *
  56:  * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org)
  57:  * @since 1.6
  58:  */
  59: @Documented @Retention(RUNTIME) @Target(CONSTRUCTOR)
  60: public @interface ConstructorProperties
  61: {
  62: 
  63:   /**
  64:    * Contains the name of the accessor methods associated
  65:    * with each constructor parameter.
  66:    *
  67:    * @return the accessor method names corresponding to the
  68:    *         constructor parameters.
  69:    */
  70:   String[] value();
  71: 
  72: }