001 /***************************************************************************** 002 * Copyright (C) NanoContainer Organization. All rights reserved. * 003 * ------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 004 * The software in this package is published under the terms of the BSD * 005 * style license a copy of which has been included with this distribution in * 006 * the LICENSE.txt file. * 007 * * 008 * Original code by Joerg Schaible * 009 *****************************************************************************/ 010 011 package org.picocontainer.gems.jmx; 012 013 import javax.management.MBeanInfo; 014 015 import org.picocontainer.ComponentAdapter; 016 import org.picocontainer.PicoContainer; 017 018 019 /** 020 * Provide a MBeanInfo for a component. Several strategies exist and can be used as plugin. 021 * @author Jörg Schaible 022 */ 023 public interface MBeanInfoProvider { 024 025 /** 026 * Provide a MBeanInfo for the given component. An implementation should not create an instance of the addComponent 027 * though. 028 * @param picoContainer The picoContainer to resolve dependencies or other services necessary to get the MBeanInfo. 029 * @param componentAdapter The ComponentAdapter of the component. 030 * @return Returns the MBeanInfo for the compoennt or <code>null</code> if none could be found or created. 031 */ 032 MBeanInfo provide(PicoContainer picoContainer, ComponentAdapter componentAdapter); 033 }