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package org.openjdk.jmh.annotations;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Inherited;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

Marks the configurable parameter in the benchmark.
Param fields should be non-final fields, and should only reside in State classes. JMH will inject the value into the annotated field before any Setup method is called. It is not guaranteed the field value would be accessible in any initializer or any constructor of State.
Parameters are acceptable on any primitive type, primitive wrapper type,
a String, or an Enum. The annotation value is given in String, and will be
coerced as required to match the field type.
Parameters should normally provide the default values which make benchmark runnable even without the explicit parameters set for the run. The only exception is Param over Enum, which will implicitly have the default value set encompassing all enum constants.
When multiple Param-s are needed for the benchmark run, JMH will compute the outer product of all the parameters in the run.
/**
 * <p>Marks the configurable parameter in the benchmark.</p>
 *
 * <p>{@link Param} fields should be non-final fields,
 * and should only reside in {@link State} classes. JMH will inject
 * the value into the annotated field before any {@link Setup} method
 * is called. It is <b>not</b> guaranteed the field value would be accessible
 * in any initializer or any constructor of {@link State}.</p>
 *
 * <p>Parameters are acceptable on any primitive type, primitive wrapper type,
 * a String, or an Enum. The annotation value is given in String, and will be
 * coerced as required to match the field type.</p>
 *
 * <p>Parameters should normally provide the default values which make
 * benchmark runnable even without the explicit parameters set for the run.
 * The only exception is {@link Param} over {@link java.lang.Enum}, which
 * will implicitly have the default value set encompassing all enum constants.</p>
 *
 * <p>When multiple {@link Param}-s are needed for the benchmark run,
 * JMH will compute the outer product of all the parameters in the run.</p>
 */
@Inherited
@Target({ElementType.FIELD})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface Param {

    String BLANK_ARGS = "blank_blank_blank_2014";

    
Default values sequence for the parameter. By default, the parameter
values will be traversed during the run in the given order.
Returns:
values sequence to follow./**
     * Default values sequence for the parameter. By default, the parameter
     * values will be traversed during the run in the given order.
     *
     * @return values sequence to follow.
     */
    String[] value() default { BLANK_ARGS };

}