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package javax.management;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * A general superclass for the description of features
 * of management beans.  This allows the user to access
 * the feature dynamically, without knowing the details
 * beforehand.  The information is immutable as standard.
 * Of course, subclasses may change this, but this
 * behaviour is not recommended.
 * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org)
 * @since 1.5
 */
public class MBeanFeatureInfo
  implements Serializable
{

  /**
   * Compatible with JDK 1.5
   */
  private static final long serialVersionUID = 3952882688968447265L;

  /**
   * A description of the feature in human-readable form.
   * Subclasses should access this via the {@link #getDescription()}
   * function rather than using the value directly.
   *
   * @serial a description of the feature.
   */
  protected String description;

  /**
   * The name of the feature.  Subclasses should access this
   * via the {@link #getName()} function rather than using the
   * value directly.
   *
   * @serial the name of the feature.
   */
  protected String name;

  /**
   * The <code>toString()</code> result of this instance.
   */
  protected transient String string;

  /**
   * Constructs a new {@link MBeanFeatureInfo} with the specified
   * name and description.
   *
   * @param name the name of the management bean feature.
   * @param description the description of the feature.
   */
  public MBeanFeatureInfo(String name, String description)
  {
    this.name = name;
    this.description = description;
  }

  /**
   * Compares this feature with the supplied object.  This
   * returns true iff the object is an instance of
   * {@link MBeanFeatureInfo} and {@link Object#equals()}
   * returns true for a comparison of both the name and
   * description of this feature with that of the specified
   * object.
   *
   * @param obj the object to compare.
   * @return true if the object is a {@link MBeanFeatureInfo}
   *         instance, 
   *         <code>name.equals(object.getName())</code> and
   *         <code>description.equals(object.getDescription</code>.
   */
  public boolean equals(Object obj)
  {
    if (obj instanceof MBeanFeatureInfo)
      {
	MBeanFeatureInfo o = (MBeanFeatureInfo) obj;
	return ((name == null ? 
		 o.getName() == null : 
		 name.equals(o.getName())) &&
		(description == null ?
		 o.getDescription() == null :
		 description.equals(o.getDescription())));
      }
    else
      return false;
  }

  /**
   * Returns a description of this feature.
   *
   * @return a human-readable description.
   */
  public String getDescription()
  {
    return description;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the name of this feature.
   *
   * @return the name of the feature.
   */
  public String getName()
  {
    return name;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the hashcode of the feature as
   * the sum of the hashcodes of its name
   * and description.
   *
   * @return the hashcode of this feature.
   */
  public int hashCode()
  {
    return (name == null ? -1 : name.hashCode())
      + (description == null ? -1 : description.hashCode());
  }

  /**
   * <p>
   * Returns a textual representation of this instance.  This
   * is constructed using the class name
   * (<code>javax.management.MBeanFeatureInfo</code>) and
   * the name and description of the feature.
   * </p>
   * <p>
   * As instances of this class are immutable, the return value
   * is computed just once for each instance and reused
   * throughout its life.
   * </p>
   *
   * @return a @link{java.lang.String} instance representing
   *         the instance in textual form.
   */
  public String toString()
  {
    if (string == null)
      string = getClass().getName()
	+ "[name=" + name 
	+ ",desc=" + description 
	+ "]";
    return string;
  }

}