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package org.springframework.boot.actuate.endpoint.mvc;

import org.springframework.boot.actuate.endpoint.Endpoint;

/**
 * A strategy for the MVC layer on top of an {@link Endpoint}. Implementations are allowed
 * to use <code>@RequestMapping</code> and the full Spring MVC machinery, but should not
 * use <code>@Controller</code> or <code>@RequestMapping</code> at the type level (since
 * that would lead to a double mapping of paths, once by the regular MVC handler mappings
 * and once by the {@link EndpointHandlerMapping}).
 * 
 * @author Dave Syer
 */
public interface MvcEndpoint {

	/**
	 * Return the MVC path of the endpoint.
	 */
	String getPath();

	/**
	 * Return if the endpoint exposes sensitive information.
	 */
	boolean isSensitive();

	/**
	 * Return the type of {@link Endpoint} exposed, or {@code null} if this
	 * {@link MvcEndpoint} exposes information that cannot be represented as a traditional
	 * {@link Endpoint}.
	 */
	@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
	Class<? extends Endpoint> getEndpointType();

}
