org.mule.api.agent
Interface Agent

All Superinterfaces:

Disposable, Initialisable, Lifecycle, NameableObject, NamedObject, Startable, Stoppable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAgent, AbstractNotificationLoggerAgent, DefaultJmxSupportAgent, EndpointNotificationLoggerAgent, HeartbeatAgent, JdmkAgent, JettyWebappServerAgent, JmxAgent, JmxServerNotificationAgent, Log4jAgent, Log4jNotificationLoggerAgent, Mx4jAgent, RemoteDispatcherAgent, RmiRegistryAgent, WrapperManagerAgent, YourKitProfilerAgent

public interface Agent
extends Lifecycle, NameableObject

Agent is a server plugin that can be initialised, started and destroyed along with the MuleContext itself. Agents can initialise or bind to external services such as a Jmx server.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.mule.api.lifecycle.Initialisable

PHASE_NAME

Fields inherited from interface org.mule.api.lifecycle.Startable

PHASE_NAME

Fields inherited from interface org.mule.api.lifecycle.Stoppable

PHASE_NAME

Fields inherited from interface org.mule.api.lifecycle.Disposable

PHASE_NAME

Method Summary

String

getDescription() A description of the agent that gets displayed in the splash screen when the Mule Context starts up.

Methods inherited from interface org.mule.api.lifecycle.Initialisable

initialise

Methods inherited from interface org.mule.api.lifecycle.Startable

start

Methods inherited from interface org.mule.api.lifecycle.Stoppable

stop

Methods inherited from interface org.mule.api.lifecycle.Disposable

dispose

Methods inherited from interface org.mule.api.NameableObject

setName

Methods inherited from interface org.mule.api.NamedObject

getName

Method Detail

getDescription

String getDescription()

A description of the agent that gets displayed in the splash screen when the Mule Context starts up.

Returns:

a 1 line description of the agent.