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package javax.management;

/**
 * Beans may implement this interface in order to perform
 * operations immediately prior to or after their registration
 * or deregistration.
 *
 * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org)
 * @since 1.5
 */
public interface MBeanRegistration
{

  /**
   * This method is called following deregistration of the bean
   * by the server.
   */
  void postDeregister();

  /**
   * This method is called following both successful and unsuccessful
   * attempts to register the bean.  The supplied boolean value indicates
   * the result of the attempt relative to this call.
   *
   * @param successful true if the registration was successful.
   */
  void postRegister(Boolean successful);

  /**
   * This method is called prior to de-registration, and may throw
   * an exception.
   *
   * @throws Exception if something goes wrong during the bean's pre-deregistration
   *                   operation.  The server will re-throw this exception
   *                   as an {@link MBeanRegistrationException}.
   */
  void preDeregister()
    throws Exception;

  /**
   * This method is called prior to registration, with a reference to the
   * server and {@link ObjectName} supplied to the server for registration.
   * This method may be used to replace this name by one chosen by the bean.
   * Such behaviour is expected if the supplied name is <code>null</code>,
   * but may occur in all cases.  The method may throw an exception, which
   * will cause registration to be aborted.
   *
   * @param server the server with which the bean is being registered.
   * @param name the name the server was supplied with for registration,
   *             which may be <code>null</code>.
   * @throws Exception if something goes wrong during the bean's pre-registration
   *                   operation.  The server will re-throw this exception
   *                   as an {@link MBeanRegistrationException}.
   */
  ObjectName preRegister(MBeanServer server, ObjectName name)
    throws Exception;

}