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+//
+// ========================================================================
+// Copyright (c) 1995-2014 Mort Bay Consulting Pty. Ltd.
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+// are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+// and Apache License v2.0 which accompanies this distribution.
+//
+// The Eclipse Public License is available at
+// http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+//
+// The Apache License v2.0 is available at
+// http://www.opensource.org/licenses/apache2.0.php
+//
+// You may elect to redistribute this code under either of these licenses.
+// ========================================================================
+//
+
+package org.eclipse.jetty.util.component;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.eclipse.jetty.util.annotation.ManagedObject;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.util.annotation.ManagedOperation;
+
+@ManagedObject("Dumpable Object")
+public interface Dumpable
+{
+ @ManagedOperation(value="Dump the nested Object state as a String", impact="INFO")
+ String dump();
+
+ void dump(Appendable out,String indent) throws IOException;
+}