| J. Duke | 319a3b9 | 2007-12-01 00:00:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 1 | /* |
| 2 | * Copyright 2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
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| 25 | |
| 26 | |
| 27 | package javax.management.remote; |
| 28 | |
| 29 | /** |
| 30 | * <p>Implemented by objects that can have a {@code JMXServiceURL} address. |
| 31 | * All {@link JMXConnectorServer} objects implement this interface. |
| 32 | * Depending on the connector implementation, a {@link JMXConnector} |
| 33 | * object may implement this interface too. {@code JMXConnector} |
| 34 | * objects for the RMI Connector are instances of |
| 35 | * {@link javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnector RMIConnector} which |
| 36 | * implements this interface.</p> |
| 37 | * |
| 38 | * <p>An object implementing this interface might not have an address |
| 39 | * at a given moment. This is indicated by a null return value from |
| 40 | * {@link #getAddress()}.</p> |
| 41 | * |
| 42 | * @since 1.6 |
| 43 | */ |
| 44 | public interface JMXAddressable { |
| 45 | /** |
| 46 | * <p>The address of this object.</p> |
| 47 | * |
| 48 | * @return the address of this object, or null if it |
| 49 | * does not have one. |
| 50 | */ |
| 51 | public JMXServiceURL getAddress(); |
| 52 | } |