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    25 

    26 

    27 package javax.management.remote;

    28 

    29 /**

    30  * <p>Implemented by objects that can have a {@code JMXServiceURL} address.

    31  * All {@link JMXConnectorServer} objects implement this interface.

    32  * Depending on the connector implementation, a {@link JMXConnector}

    33  * object may implement this interface too.  {@code JMXConnector}

    34  * objects for the RMI Connector are instances of

    35  * {@link javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnector RMIConnector} which

    36  * implements this interface.</p>

    37  *

    38  * <p>An object implementing this interface might not have an address

    39  * at a given moment.  This is indicated by a null return value from

    40  * {@link #getAddress()}.</p>

    41  *

    42  * @since 1.6

    43  */

    44 public interface JMXAddressable {

    45     /**

    46      * <p>The address of this object.</p>

    47      *

    48      * @return the address of this object, or null if it

    49      * does not have one.

    50      */

    51     public JMXServiceURL getAddress();

    52 }