ModuleName.java

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package com.sun.tracing.dtrace;

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

/**
 * An annotation used to specify the {@code module} field for a DTrace probe.
 *
 * This annotation can be added to a method in a user-defined Provider
 * specification interface to set the {@code module} field that will be used
 * for the generated DTrace probe associated with that method.
 * <p>
 * @since 1.7
 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
public @interface ModuleName {
    String value();
}