Period (Java SE 11 & JDK 11 )
Keywords: jdk.jfr.Period class

Module jdk.jfr
Package jdk.jfr

## Annotation Type Period

-     @Retention(RUNTIME)
      @Inherited
      @Target(TYPE)
      public @interface Period

  Event annotation, specifies the default setting value for a periodic event.
  Since:
    9

- - ### Field Summary

    Fields
    Modifier and Type | Fields | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `static String` | `NAME` | Settings name `"period"` for configuring periodic events

  - ### Optional Element Summary

    Optional Elements
    Modifier and Type | Optional Element | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `String` | `value` | Returns the default setting value for a periodic setting.

- - ### Field Detail

    - #### NAME

          static final String NAME

      Settings name `"period"` for configuring periodic events

  - ### Element Detail

    - #### value

          String value

      Returns the default setting value for a periodic setting.

      String representation of a positive `Long` value followed by an empty space and one of the following units:
      `"ns"` (nanoseconds)
      `"us"` (microseconds)
      `"ms"` (milliseconds)
      `"s"` (seconds)
      `"m"` (minutes)
      `"h"` (hours)
      `"d"` (days)

      Example values: `"0 ns"`, `"10 ms"`, and `"1 s"`.

      A period may also be `"everyChunk"` to specify that it occurs at least once for every recording file. The number of events that are emitted depends on how many times the file rotations occur when data is recorded.

      Returns:
        the default setting value, not `null`
      Default:
        "everyChunk"