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package com.sun.max.vm.log.hosted;
import java.lang.annotation.*;
import com.sun.max.vm.log.*;
/**
* Identifies an interface as a {@link VMLogger} for auto-generation.
*/
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface VMLoggerInterface {
/**
* Identifies the parent class for the auto-generated implementation.
*/
Class parent() default VMLogger.class;
/**
* If {@code true} creates a default no-arg constructor that can be used to completely hide and disable the logger.
*/
boolean defaultConstructor() default false;
/**
* Suppresses all tracing aspects when {@code true}.
*/
boolean noTrace() default false;
/**
* Special logger that is hidden to the user and controlled by VM code.
*/
boolean hidden() default false;
/**
* Includes the thread id as an argument to the generated trace method.
*/
boolean traceThread() default false;
}