@Target(value=METHOD)
@Documented
public @interface Setup

Specifies a setup method that will be executed before the annotated Benchmark test method. Setup methods are automatically executed by the benchmarking framework before their matching test methods. Setup measurements are excluded from final benchmark reports.

For example, you might annotate a Benchmark method named testInserts with @Setup("setupTestInserts") to ensure setupTestInsertsis always executed before testInserts.