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package com.sun.btrace.annotations;

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 specify a BTrace 
 * probe point in an abstract fashion instead of
 * specifying the class and the method names. This 
 * abstract namespace and (local) name are mapped to
 * one or more concrete probe points by the BTrace 
 * agent at runtime.
 * 
 * @author A. Sundararajan
 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.METHOD)
public @interface OnProbe {
    /**
     * Namespace for this abstract (a.k.a logical)
     * probe point. Namespace follows java package name
     * conventions.
     */
    String namespace();

    /**
     * Name within the namespace. Identifies a probe
     * uniquely within the namespace.
     */
    String name();
}