SystemDump.java

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package org.eclipse.virgo.kernel.management;

import javax.management.MXBean;

/**
 * <p>
 * Defines the operations available on the exported control for generation dumps on demand
 * </p>
 *
 * <strong>Concurrent Semantics</strong><br />
 *
 * Implementations of this class should be thread safe
 *
 */
@MXBean
public interface SystemDump {

    /**
     * Generate a system dump now, must not require or wait for any exception to be thrown.
     */
    public void generateDump();

}