/**
* Copyright 2014 SAP AG
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
package org.aim.api.measurement;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
/**
* The {@link RecordValue} annotation is used to mark members of record classes
* as record parameters.
*
* @author Alexander Wert
*
*/
@Target(value = ElementType.FIELD)
@Retention(value = RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface RecordValue {
/**
* Specifies whether the underlying parameter is a metric type or not. A
* metric type corresponds to a observation parameter.
*
*/
boolean metric() default false;
/**
* Specifies the name of the parameter.
*
*/
String name();
/**
* Specifies whether parameter is a timestamp. Annotation required if
* timestamp needs to be aligned over distributed nodes.
*
*/
boolean isTimestamp() default false;
}