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+/* MXBean.java - Marks a management bean interface as an MXBean.
+   Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
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+General Public License for more details.
+
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+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
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+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
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+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
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+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package javax.management;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
+import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;
+
+/**
+ * <p>
+ * An annotation used to explictly mark an interface
+ * as defining (or not defining) an {@link MXBean}.  By
+ * default, such beans are taken to be those whose interface
+ * has the suffix {@code "MXBean"}.  The presence of this
+ * annotation overrides this intuition.  The following
+ * interfaces would be classed as {@link MXBean}s:
+ * </p>
+ * <ul>
+ * <li>{@code public interface SomethingMXBean{}}</li>
+ * <li>{@code @MXBean public interface Someat{}}</li>
+ * <li>{@code @MXBean(true) public interface SomeatElse{}}</li>
+ * </ul>
+ * <p>The following would not:</p>
+ * <ul>
+ * <li>{@code public interface RandomInterface{}}</li>
+ * <li>{@code @MXBean(false) public interface SomethingMXBean{}}</li>
+ * </ul>
+ *
+ * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org)
+ * @since 1.6
+ */
+@Documented @Retention(RUNTIME) @Target(TYPE)
+public @interface MXBean
+{
+
+  /**
+   * Returns true if the annotated interface
+   * is an {@link MXBean}.
+   *
+   * @return true if the interface is an {@link MXBean}.
+   */
+  boolean value();
+
+}