001    /*
002     * $Id: Unit.java,v 1.3 2012/01/16 21:58:11 oboehm Exp $
003     *
004     * Copyright (c) 2010 by Oliver Boehm
005     *
006     * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
007     * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
008     * You may obtain a copy of the License at
009     *
010     *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
011     *
012     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
013     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
014     * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express orimplied.
015     * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
016     * limitations under the License.
017     *
018     * (c)reated 18.01.2010 by oliver (ob@oasd.de)
019     */
020    
021    package patterntesting.runtime.jmx;
022    
023    import java.lang.annotation.*;
024    
025    //import javax.management.DescriptorKey;
026    
027    /**
028     * This annotation can be used inside MBean interfaces to document the
029     * unit of an attribute.
030     *
031     * @author oliver
032     * @since 1.0 (18.01.2010)
033     */
034    @Documented
035    @Target(ElementType.METHOD)
036    @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
037    public @interface Unit {
038    
039        /** name of a unit (e.g. "seconds"). */
040        //@DescriptorKey("Unit")
041        String value();
042    
043    }