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package java.beans;

import java.lang.annotation.*;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.*;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.*;

/**
   An annotation on a constructor that shows how the parameters of
   that constructor correspond to the constructed object's getter
   methods.  For example:

   

   public class Point {
       @ConstructorProperties({"x", "y"})
       public Point(int x, int y) {
           this.x = x;
           this.y = y;
       }

       public int getX() {
           return x;
       }

       public int getY() {
           return y;
       }

       private final int x, y;
   }



   The annotation shows that the first parameter of the constructor
   can be retrieved with the {@code getX()} method and the second with
   the {@code getY()} method.  Since parameter names are not in
   general available at runtime, without the annotation there would be
   no way to know whether the parameters correspond to {@code getX()}
   and {@code getY()} or the other way around.

   @since 1.6
*/
@Documented @Target(CONSTRUCTOR) @Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface ConstructorProperties {
    /**
       The getter names.
       @return the getter names corresponding to the parameters in the
       annotated constructor.
    */
    String[] value();
}