1 /* 2 * $Id: Agent.java 19191 2010-08-25 21:05:23Z tcarlson $ 3 * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 * Copyright (c) MuleSoft, Inc. All rights reserved. http://www.mulesoft.com 5 * 6 * The software in this package is published under the terms of the CPAL v1.0 7 * license, a copy of which has been included with this distribution in the 8 * LICENSE.txt file. 9 */ 10 11 package org.mule.api.agent; 12 13 import org.mule.api.NamedObject; 14 import org.mule.api.lifecycle.Lifecycle; 15 16 /** 17 * <code>Agent</code> is a server plugin that can be initialised, started and 18 * destroyed along with the MuleContext itself. Agents can initialise or bind to 19 * external services such as a Jmx server. 20 */ 21 public interface Agent extends Lifecycle, NamedObject 22 { 23 /** 24 * A description of the agent that gets displayed in the splash 25 * screen when the Mule Context starts up. 26 * @return a 1 line description of the agent. 27 */ 28 String getDescription(); 29 }