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package com.sun.jmx.interceptor;

import javax.management.MBeanException;

import javax.management.OperationsException;

import javax.management.loading.ClassLoaderRepository;

/**

 * <p>This interface specifies the behavior to be implemented by an

 * MBean Server Interceptor.  An MBean Server Interceptor has

 * essentially the same interface as an MBean Server.  An MBean Server

 * forwards received requests to its default interceptor, which may

 * handle them itself or forward them to other interceptors.  The

 * default interceptor may be changed via the {@link

 * com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.SunJmxMBeanServer#setMBeanServerInterceptor}

 * method.</p>

 *

 * <p>The initial default interceptor provides the standard MBean

 * Server behavior.  It handles a collection of named MBeans, each

 * represented by a Java object.  A replacement default interceptor

 * may build on this behavior, for instance by adding logging or

 * security checks, before forwarding requests to the initial default

 * interceptor.  Or, it may route each request to one of a number of

 * sub-interceptors, for instance based on the {@link ObjectName} in

 * the request.</p>

 *

 * <p>An interceptor, default or not, need not implement MBeans as

 * Java objects, in the way that the initial default interceptor does.

 * It may instead implement <em>virtual MBeans</em>, which do not

 * exist as Java objects when they are not in use.  For example, these

 * MBeans could be implemented by forwarding requests to a database,

 * or to a remote MBean server, or by performing system calls to query

 * or modify system resources.</p>

 *

 * @since 1.5

 */

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