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+//
+// ========================================================================
+// Copyright (c) 1995-2014 Mort Bay Consulting Pty. Ltd.
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+// are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+// and Apache License v2.0 which accompanies this distribution.
+//
+// The Eclipse Public License is available at
+// http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+//
+// The Apache License v2.0 is available at
+// http://www.opensource.org/licenses/apache2.0.php
+//
+// You may elect to redistribute this code under either of these licenses.
+// ========================================================================
+//
+
+package org.eclipse.jetty.util.annotation;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+/**
+ * The @ManagedOperation annotation is used to indicate that a given method
+ * should be considered a JMX operation.
+ *
+ */
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Documented
+@Target( { ElementType.METHOD } )
+public @interface ManagedOperation
+{
+ /**
+ * Description of the Managed Object
+ */
+ String value() default "Not Specified";
+
+ /**
+ * The impact of an operation.
+ *
+ * NOTE: Valid values are UNKNOWN, ACTION, INFO, ACTION_INFO
+ *
+ * NOTE: applies to METHOD
+ *
+ * @return String representing the impact of the operation
+ */
+ String impact() default "UNKNOWN";
+
+ /**
+ * Does the managed field exist on a proxy object?
+ *
+ *
+ * @return true if a proxy object is involved
+ */
+ boolean proxied() default false;
+}