001    /*
002     * ============================================================================
003     * GNU Lesser General Public License
004     * ============================================================================
005     *
006     * Beanlet - JSE Application Container.
007     * Copyright (C) 2006  Leon van Zantvoort
008     *
009     * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
010     * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
011     * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
012     * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
013     *
014     * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
015     * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
016     * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
017     * Lesser General Public License for more details.
018     *
019     * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
020     * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
021     * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
022     *
023     * Leon van Zantvoort
024     * 243 Acalanes Drive #11
025     * Sunnyvale, CA 94086
026     * USA
027     *
028     * zantvoort@users.sourceforge.net
029     * http://beanlet.org
030     */
031    package org.beanlet.management;
032    
033    import javax.management.MalformedObjectNameException;
034    import javax.management.ObjectName;
035    
036    /**
037     * Strategy responsible for generating the {@code ObjectName} of an MBean. An
038     * alternative for this interface is the {@code SelfNaming} annotation.
039     *
040     * @see SelfNaming
041     * @author Leon van Zantvoort
042     */
043    public interface NamingStrategy {
044        
045        ObjectName getObjectName(Object beanlet, String beanletName, Class<?> type)
046                throws MalformedObjectNameException;
047    }