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package com.sun.max.annotate;
import java.lang.annotation.*;
/**
* Marks a field, method or constructor that is reflected upon by the Inspector.
*
* The Inspector uses this annotation to auto-generate objects for accessing the
* annotated entity in the remote VM process. See the {@code VmFields}
* and {@code VmMethods} classes in the inspector projects.
*/
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target({ ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR, ElementType.FIELD })
public @interface INSPECTED {
/**
* Determines if the value of this field is deep copied in a deep copy operation.
* If false, then the value of the field will be {@code null} in a deep copy.
* This value is ignored for non-object fields (i.e. the value of these fields
* are always copied).
*/
boolean deepCopied() default true;
}