Metadata (Payara Project 6.2023.2 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

MetadataImpl
```
public interface Metadata
```
Used to store extra data in MBeans without having to impact differing constructors.

Author:

llc

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static String`	`CORRESPONDING_CONFIG`	ObjectName of corresponding Config MBean, if any
`static String`	`CORRESPONDING_REF`	ObjectName of corresponding Config reference MBean, if any
`static String`	`DEPLOYMENT_DESCRIPTOR`	Object reference to parent mbean (the object, not the ObjectName)
`static String`	`PARENT`	Object reference to parent mbean (the object, not the ObjectName)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`add(String key, Object value)`
`Map<String,Object>`	`getAll()`
`ObjectName`	`getCorrespondingConfig()`
`ObjectName`	`getCorrespondingRef()`
`String`	`getDeploymentDescriptor()`
`<T> T`	`getMetadata(String name, Class<T> clazz)`

- Field Detail
  - CORRESPONDING_CONFIG
```
static final String CORRESPONDING_CONFIG
```
    ObjectName of corresponding Config MBean, if any
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - CORRESPONDING_REF
```
static final String CORRESPONDING_REF
```
    ObjectName of corresponding Config reference MBean, if any
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - PARENT
```
static final String PARENT
```
    Object reference to parent mbean (the object, not the ObjectName)
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - DEPLOYMENT_DESCRIPTOR
```
static final String DEPLOYMENT_DESCRIPTOR
```
    Object reference to parent mbean (the object, not the ObjectName)
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
- Method Detail
  - getMetadata
```
<T> T getMetadata(String name,
                  Class<T> clazz)
```
  - add
```
void add(String key,
         Object value)
```
  - getCorrespondingConfig
```
ObjectName getCorrespondingConfig()
```
  - getCorrespondingRef
```
ObjectName getCorrespondingRef()
```
  - getDeploymentDescriptor
```
String getDeploymentDescriptor()
```
  - getAll
```
Map<String,Object> getAll()
```