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017package org.apache.camel.spi;
018
019/**
020 * Strategy for assigning name to a {@link org.apache.camel.CamelContext}.
021 *
022 * @see ManagementNameStrategy
023 */
024public interface CamelContextNameStrategy {
025
026    /**
027     * Gets the name
028     * <p/>
029     * The {@link #isFixedName()} determines if the name can be re-calculated such as when using a counter,
030     * or the name is always fixed.
031     *
032     * @return the name.
033     */
034    String getName();
035
036    /**
037     * Gets the next calculated name, if this strategy is not using fixed names.
038     * <p/>
039     * The {@link #isFixedName()} determines if the name can be re-calculated such as when using a counter,
040     * or the name is always fixed.
041     *
042     * @return the next name
043     */
044    String getNextName();
045
046    /**
047     * Whether the name will be fixed, or allow re-calculation such as by using an unique counter.
048     * 
049     * @return <tt>true</tt> for fixed names, <tt>false</tt> for names which can re-calculated
050     */
051    boolean isFixedName();
052}