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      1 package org.testng.annotations;
      2 
      3 import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR;
      4 import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
      5 import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;
      6 import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
      7 
      8 import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
      9 import java.lang.annotation.Target;
     10 
     11 /**
     12  * Describes how to pass parameters to a @Test method.
     13  *
     14  * @author <a href="mailto:cedric&#64;beust.com">Cedric Beust</a>
     15  */
     16 @Retention(RUNTIME)
     17 @Target({METHOD, CONSTRUCTOR, TYPE })
     18 public @interface Parameters {
     19   /**
     20    * The list of variables used to fill the parameters of this method.
     21    * These variables must be defined in your testng.xml file.
     22    * For example
     23    * <p>
     24    * <code>
     25    * &#064;Parameters({ "xmlPath" })<br>
     26    * &#064;Test<br>
     27    * public void verifyXmlFile(String path) { ... }<br>
     28    * </code>
     29    * <p>and in <tt>testng.xml</tt>:<p>
     30    * <code>
     31    * &lt;parameter name="xmlPath" value="account.xml" /&gt;<br>
     32    * </code>
     33    */
     34   public String[] value() default {};
     35 }
     36