@Retention(value=RUNTIME) @Target(value={METHOD,PARAMETER,TYPE}) public @interface Description
This annotation enables developers to use the "Standard MBean" pattern and still provide a description for JMX monitoring tools to display. The annotation is applicable for operations and attributes as well as the MBean itself.
The Description annotation is designed based on the expected @Description annotation in JSR 255.
Usage:
The @Description annotation is applied to the methods in the MBean interface:
| @Description("The maximum allowable size, in bytes, of a Binary value.") | int getMaxValueSize();as well as for the MBean interface as a whole:
| @Description("The RamJournalRMMBean provides RamJournal specific metrics") | public interface RamJournalRMMBeanNote: For attributes, a description is only required for one of the "get" or "set" methods. If descriptions are provided for both methods, either description could be used.
public abstract String value
To allow short form assignments of single member annotations, "value" must be used (Java convention).