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package java.beans;

import java.lang.annotation.*;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.*;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.*;

An annotation on a constructor that shows how the parameters of
that constructor correspond to the constructed object's getter
methods.  For example:

public class Point {
@ConstructorProperties({"x", "y"})
public Point(int x, int y) {
this.x = x;
this.y = y;
}
public int getX() {
return x;
}
public int getY() {
return y;
}
private final int x, y;
}

 The annotation shows that the first parameter of the constructor can be retrieved with the getX() method and the second with the getY() method. Since parameter names are not in general available at runtime, without the annotation there would be no way to know whether the parameters correspond to getX() and getY() or the other way around. 
Since:
1.6/**
   <p>An annotation on a constructor that shows how the parameters of
   that constructor correspond to the constructed object's getter
   methods.  For example:

   <blockquote>
<pre>
   public class Point {
       &#64;ConstructorProperties({"x", "y"})
       public Point(int x, int y) {
           this.x = x;
           this.y = y;
       }

       public int getX() {
           return x;
       }

       public int getY() {
           return y;
       }

       private final int x, y;
   }
</pre>
</blockquote>

   The annotation shows that the first parameter of the constructor
   can be retrieved with the {@code getX()} method and the second with
   the {@code getY()} method.  Since parameter names are not in
   general available at runtime, without the annotation there would be
   no way to know whether the parameters correspond to {@code getX()}
   and {@code getY()} or the other way around.

   @since 1.6
*/
@Documented @Target(CONSTRUCTOR) @Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface ConstructorProperties {
    
The getter names.
Returns:
the getter names corresponding to the parameters in the
annotated constructor./**
       <p>The getter names.</p>
       @return the getter names corresponding to the parameters in the
       annotated constructor.
    */
    String[] value();
}