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//
// ========================================================================
// Copyright (c) 1995 Mort Bay Consulting Pty Ltd and others.
//
// This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
// terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 which is available at
// https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0, or the Apache License, Version 2.0
// which is available at https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR Apache-2.0
// ========================================================================
//

package org.eclipse.jetty.util.annotation;

import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * This annotation is used to describe variables in method
 * signatures so that when rendered into tools like JConsole
 * it is clear what the parameters are. For example:
 *
 * public void doodle(@Name(value="doodle", description="A description of the argument") String doodle)
 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Documented
@Target({ElementType.PARAMETER})
public @interface Name
{
    /**
     * the name of the parameter
     *
     * @return the value
     */
    String value();

    /**
     * the description of the parameter
     *
     * @return the description
     */
    String description() default "";
}