p.location-badge.
  exported from <a href='../metadata'>angular2/metadata</a>
  defined in <a href="https://github.com/angular/angular/tree/2.0.0-alpha.36/modules/angular2/src/core/util/decorators.ts#L1-L22">angular2/src/core/util/decorators.ts (line 1)</a>

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  Annotations provide the additional information that Angular requires in order to run your
  application. This module
  contains <a href='ComponentMetadata-class.html'><code>ComponentMetadata</code></a>, <a href='DirectiveMetadata-class.html'><code>DirectiveMetadata</code></a>, and <a href='ViewMetadata-class.html'><code>ViewMetadata</code></a>
  annotations, as well as
  the <a href='../di/Host-var.html'><code>Host</code></a> annotation that is used by Angular to resolve dependencies.
.l-main-section
  h2 Members
  .l-sub-section
    h3 extends?

    
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      Optional argument for specifying the superclass.
      
      





  .l-sub-section
    h3 constructor

    
    :markdown
      Required constructor function for a class.
      
      The function may be optionally wrapped in an `Array`, in which case additional parameter
      annotations may be specified.
      The number of arguments and the number of parameter annotations must match.
      
      See <a href='Class-function.html'><code>Class</code></a> for example of usage.