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+++ new/test/jdk/jfr/api/metadata/settingdescriptor/TestGetAnnotation.java	2019-01-29 11:01:32.680259261 +0800
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+/*
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+package jdk.jfr.api.metadata.settingdescriptor;
+
+import jdk.jfr.Description;
+import jdk.jfr.EventType;
+import jdk.jfr.Label;
+import jdk.jfr.SettingDescriptor;
+import jdk.jfr.Timespan;
+import jdk.jfr.Timestamp;
+import jdk.testlibrary.Asserts;
+import jdk.testlibrary.jfr.Events;
+import jdk.testlibrary.jfr.BaseEvent;
+import jdk.testlibrary.jfr.PlainSetting;
+import jdk.testlibrary.jfr.AnnotatedSetting;
+import jdk.testlibrary.jfr.CustomEvent;
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @summary Test SettingDescriptor.getAnnotation();
+ * @key jfr
+ * @library /lib/testlibrary
+ * @run main/othervm jdk.jfr.api.metadata.settingdescriptor.TestGetAnnotation
+ */
+public class TestGetAnnotation {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        EventType type = EventType.getEventType(CustomEvent.class);
+
+        SettingDescriptor annotatedType = Events.getSetting(type, "annotatedType");
+        Label al = annotatedType.getAnnotation(Label.class);
+        Asserts.assertNull(al); // we should not inherit annotation from type
+
+        Description ad = annotatedType.getAnnotation(Description.class);
+        Asserts.assertNull(ad); // we should not inherit annotation from type
+
+        Timestamp at = annotatedType.getAnnotation(Timestamp.class);
+        Asserts.assertNull(at); // we should not inherit annotation from type
+
+        SettingDescriptor newName = Events.getSetting(type, "newName");
+        Label nl = newName.getAnnotation(Label.class);
+        Asserts.assertEquals(nl.value(), "Annotated Method");
+
+        Description nd = newName.getAnnotation(Description.class);
+        Asserts.assertEquals(nd.value(), "Description of an annotated method");
+
+        Timespan nt = newName.getAnnotation(Timespan.class);
+        Asserts.assertEquals(nt.value(), Timespan.NANOSECONDS);
+    }
+
+}