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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 Cisco Systems, Inc. and others. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+ * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution,
+ * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ */
+package org.opendaylight.controller.config.api.runtime;
+
+import javax.management.ObjectName;
+
+public interface HierarchicalRuntimeBeanRegistration extends AutoCloseable {
+
+ ObjectName getObjectName();
+
+ HierarchicalRuntimeBeanRegistration register(String key, String value,
+ RuntimeBean mxBean);
+
+ /**
+ * Unregister beans that were registered using this registrator and its
+ * child registrators. This method is not idempotent, it is not allowed to
+ * use this instance or child registrators after they are closed.
+ */
+ @Override
+ void close();
+
+}