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package org.jboss.managed.api.annotation;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Inherited;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * ManagementObject annotation for describing ManagedObjects.
 * {@linkplain ManagedObject}
 * 
 * @author <a href="adrian@jboss.com">Adrian Brock</a>
 * @author Scott.Stark@jboss.org
 * @version $Revision: 84826 $
 */
@Inherited
@Target({ElementType.TYPE})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface ManagementObject
{
   /** The name used for ManagementObjectRef resolution. Generally
    * this is taken from a property annotated with
    * {@linkplain ManagementObjectID}.
    */
   String name() default ManagementConstants.GENERATED;
   /**
    * A description for the managed object. 
    */
   String description() default ManagementConstants.GENERATED;
   /** The name type used for ManagementObjectRef resolution. Generally
    * this is taken from a property annotated with
    * {@linkplain ManagementObjectID}.
    */
   String type() default AnnotationDefaults.EMPTY_STRING;
   /** The metadata attachment name for the ManagedObject */
   String attachmentName() default AnnotationDefaults.EMPTY_STRING;
   /** Is this a runtime extension of another ManagedObject. This
    * is used to tie together runtime components with metadata
    */
   boolean isRuntime() default false;

   /** The component type for MCs that are ManagedComponents */
   ManagementComponent componentType() default @ManagementComponent(type="", subtype="");

   /** What properties to include */
   ManagementProperties properties() default ManagementProperties.ALL;

   /**
    * A class level specification of the management properties. Depending on the
    * properties() value, this can either override or augment the ManagementProperty
    * annotations found on the bean fields/methods.
    * @return
    */
   ManagementProperty[] classProperties() default {};

   /** The exposed operations. If empty the operations will be obtained from
    * the annotated bean in a bean type specific way.
    */
   ManagementOperation[] operations() default {};

   /**
    * An interface to use for reflection when determining properties/operations
    * of the managed object.
    */
   Class<?> targetInterface() default Object.class;
}
