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