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package org.apache.camel.spi;

/**
 * Strategy for assigning name to a {@link org.apache.camel.CamelContext}.
 *
 * @see ManagementNameStrategy
 */
public interface CamelContextNameStrategy {

    /**
     * Gets the name
     * <p/>
     * The {@link #isFixedName()} determines if the name can be re-calculated such as when using a counter, or the name
     * is always fixed.
     *
     * @return the name.
     */
    String getName();

    /**
     * Gets the next calculated name, if this strategy is not using fixed names.
     * <p/>
     * The {@link #isFixedName()} determines if the name can be re-calculated such as when using a counter, or the name
     * is always fixed.
     *
     * @return the next name
     */
    String getNextName();

    /**
     * Whether the name will be fixed, or allow re-calculation such as by using an unique counter.
     * 
     * @return <tt>true</tt> for fixed names, <tt>false</tt> for names which can re-calculated
     */
    boolean isFixedName();
}
