com.bea.jvm
Interface Describable

All Known Subinterfaces:

ClassLibrary, CodeGenerationStrategy, CompilationSystem, CPU, GarbageCollectionStrategy, GarbageCollector, HardwareComponent, JVM, JVMComponent, Machine, MemorySystem, NIC, OperatingSystem, Optimization, OptimizationLevel, PhysicalMemory, ProfilingSystem, ThreadSnapshot, ThreadSnapshot.Monitor, ThreadSystem

public interface Describable

A component capable of describing itself. It provides a runtime description of a particular instance.

Author:

Calle Wilund, Marcus Hirt

Method Summary

java.lang.String

getDescription() Returns a description of the object.

Method Detail

getDescription

public java.lang.String getDescription()

Returns a description of the object. This description can be more specific than Object.toString().

Returns:

the description as a String.