001/*
002  GRANITE DATA SERVICES
003  Copyright (C) 2011 GRANITE DATA SERVICES S.A.S.
004
005  This file is part of Granite Data Services.
006
007  Granite Data Services is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
008  it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by
009  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
010  option) any later version.
011
012  Granite Data Services is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
013  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
014  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Library General Public License
015  for more details.
016
017  You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
018  along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
019*/
020
021package org.granite.jmx;
022
023import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
024import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
025import java.lang.annotation.Inherited;
026import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
027import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
028import java.lang.annotation.Target;
029
030@Documented
031@Inherited
032@Retention(value=RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
033@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
034/**
035 * The MBean annotation may be placed on any class (or interface) that
036 * will act as an OpenMBean.
037 * 
038 * @author Franck WOLFF
039 */
040public @interface MBean {
041
042        /**
043         * The description that will be shown in a JMX console for this MBean.
044         * 
045         * @return the description that will be shown in a JMX console for
046         *              this MBean.
047         */
048        String description();
049}