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package com.sun.enterprise.admin.monitor.types;

/**
 * Base Type for monitored attribute. In general, a monitored attribute value
 * is of the type of one of the common java types (String, Integer etc.).
 * However, jmx model proposes one MBean for every monitorable attribute and
 * proposes interfaces like javax.management.monitor.CounterMonitorMBean,
 * javax.management.monitor.GaugeMonitorMBean,
 * javax.management.monitor.StringMonitorMBean for monitoring MBeans. For iAS7
 * SE, there is no plan to manage MBeans for every monitorable attribute, but
 * for future enhancements, it is good to associate these types to every
 * monitored attribute, so if needed appropriate MBeans can be created.
 * Since this object is a workaround to get appropriate MBean created, there
 * will be no value associated with these objects. The monitored attribute
 * values will still be available as an object of type returned by the method
 * getJavaType().
 */
public class MonitoredAttributeType {

    /**
     * Java type for the monitored attribute
     */
    private Class javaType;

    /**
     * Create a monitored attribute type for a monitored attribute whose
     * values are of specified javaType.
     */
    protected MonitoredAttributeType(Class javaType) {
        this.javaType = javaType;
    }

    /**
     * Get java type for this monitored attribute type
     */
    public Class getJavaType() {
        return javaType;
    }

    /**
     * Get java class name for this monitored attribute type
     */
    public String getJavaTypeName() {
        return javaType.getName();
    }
}