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+/*
+ * Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+
+package java.lang.management;
+
+import javax.management.ObjectName;
+
+/**
+ * A platform managed object is a {@linkplain javax.management.MXBean JMX MXBean}
+ * for monitoring and managing a component in the Java platform.
+ * Each platform managed object has a unique
+ * <a href="ManagementFactory.html#MXBean">object name</a>
+ * for the {@linkplain ManagementFactory.getPlatformMBeanServer
+ * platform MBeanServer} access.
+ * All platform MXBeans will implement this interface.
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * Note:
+ * The platform MXBean interfaces (i.e. all subinterfaces
+ * of {@code PlatformManagedObject}) are implemented
+ * by the Java platform only.  New methods may be added in these interfaces
+ * in future Java SE releases.
+ * In addition, this {@code PlatformManagedObject} interface is only
+ * intended for the management interfaces for the platform to extend but
+ * not for applications.
+ *
+ * @see <a href="ManagementFactory.html#MXBean">Platform MXBeans</a>
+ * @since 1.7
+ */
+public interface PlatformManagedObject {
+    /**
+     * Returns an {@link ObjectName ObjectName} instance representing
+     * the object name of this platform managed object.
+     *
+     * @return an {@link ObjectName ObjectName} instance representing
+     * the object name of this platform managed object.
+     */
+    public ObjectName getObjectName();
+}