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+++ new/test/jdk/jdk/jfr/api/metadata/annotations/TestFieldAnnotations.java	2018-04-09 16:49:52.879028348 +0200
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+/*
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+ *
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+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
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+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
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+ */
+
+package jdk.jfr.api.metadata.annotations;
+
+import jdk.jfr.Event;
+import jdk.jfr.EventType;
+import jdk.jfr.Frequency;
+import jdk.jfr.MemoryAddress;
+import jdk.jfr.DataAmount;
+import jdk.jfr.Percentage;
+import jdk.jfr.Timespan;
+import jdk.jfr.Timestamp;
+import jdk.jfr.TransitionFrom;
+import jdk.jfr.TransitionTo;
+import jdk.jfr.Unsigned;
+import jdk.jfr.ValueDescriptor;
+import jdk.test.lib.jfr.Events;
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @key jfr
+ * @library /test/lib
+ * @run main/othervm jdk.jfr.api.metadata.annotations.TestFieldAnnotations
+ */
+public class TestFieldAnnotations {
+
+    static class FieldAnnotationEvent extends Event {
+        @DataAmount
+        int memoryAmount;
+
+        @Frequency
+        float frequency;
+
+        @MemoryAddress
+        long memoryAddress;
+
+        @Percentage
+        float percentage;
+
+        @TransitionFrom
+        Thread fromThread;
+
+        @TransitionTo
+        Thread toThread;
+
+        @Unsigned
+        long unsigned;
+
+        @Timespan(Timespan.MILLISECONDS)
+        long timespan;
+
+        @Timestamp(Timestamp.MILLISECONDS_SINCE_EPOCH)
+        long timestamp;
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        EventType t = EventType.getEventType(FieldAnnotationEvent.class);
+
+        ValueDescriptor field = t.getField("memoryAmount");
+        Events.hasAnnotation(field, DataAmount.class);
+
+        field = t.getField("frequency");
+        Events.hasAnnotation(field, Frequency.class);
+
+        field = t.getField("memoryAddress");
+        Events.hasAnnotation(field, MemoryAddress.class);
+
+        field = t.getField("percentage");
+        Events.hasAnnotation(field, Percentage.class);
+
+        field = t.getField("fromThread");
+        Events.hasAnnotation(field, TransitionFrom.class);
+
+        field = t.getField("toThread");
+        Events.hasAnnotation(field, TransitionTo.class);
+
+        field = t.getField("unsigned");
+        Events.hasAnnotation(field, Unsigned.class);
+
+        field = t.getField("timespan");
+        Events.assertAnnotation(field, Timespan.class, Timespan.MILLISECONDS);
+
+        field = t.getField("timestamp");
+        Events.assertAnnotation(field, Timestamp.class, Timestamp.MILLISECONDS_SINCE_EPOCH);
+    }
+}