1 /* 2 * Copyright (C) The Apache Software Foundation. All rights reserved. 3 * 4 * This software is published under the terms of the Apache Software License 5 * version 1.1, a copy of which has been included with this distribution in 6 * the LICENSE.txt file. 7 */ 8 package org.apache.avalon.excalibur.profile; 9 10 /** 11 * The ProfilPoint interface is to mark objects that can be sampled by a 12 * Profiler. The interface only has one sampling method to simplify the items 13 * that can be sampled. 14 * 15 * @author <a HREF="mailto:bloritsch@apache.org">Berin Loritsch</a> 16 */ 17 public abstract class AbstractProfilePoint implements ProfilePoint 18 { 19 private final String m_name; 20 21 /** 22 * Initializes the ProfilePoint with a name. 23 */ 24 public AbstractProfilePoint( String name ) 25 { 26 m_name = name; 27 } 28 29 /** 30 * Get the ProfilePoint's name. The Profiler uses this so that the 31 * heading for the sample data makes sense. 32 */ 33 public final String getName() 34 { 35 return m_name; 36 } 37 } 38