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package org.jboss.mx.metadata;
import javax.management.MBeanInfo;
import javax.management.NotCompliantMBeanException;
/**
* The <tt>MetaDataBuilder</tt> interface defines the contract between the
* Model MBean and a metadata builder implementation. The metadata builder
* implementations can extract the MBean management interface definition from
* a given data source and construct the corresponding JMX MBeanInfo object
* instances that define the Model MBean. <p>
*
* This interface also defines accessor methods for setting properties which
* can be used to configure the builder implementations. See
* {@link #setProperty} and {@link #getProperty} methods for more information.
*
* @see org.jboss.mx.metadata.AbstractBuilder
*
* @author <a href="mailto:juha@jboss.org">Juha Lindfors</a>.
* @version $Revision: 81026 $
*/
public interface MetaDataBuilder
{
/**
* Constructs the Model MBean metadata.
*
* @return initialized MBean info
* @throws NotCompliantMBeanException if there were errors building the
* MBean info from the given data source
*/
public MBeanInfo build() throws NotCompliantMBeanException;
/**
* Sets a property that can be used to control the behaviour of the builder
* implementation.
*
* @param key unique string key for a property
* @param value property value
*/
public void setProperty(String key, Object value);
/**
* Returns an existing property for this builder implementation.
*
* @param key property key string
*
* @return property value
*/
public Object getProperty(String key);
}