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017    package org.apache.camel.spi;
018    
019    /**
020     * Strategy for assigning name to a {@link org.apache.camel.CamelContext}.
021     *
022     * @see ManagementNameStrategy
023     */
024    public 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    }