001    /**
002     *
003     * Copyright 2005 The Apache Software Foundation
004     *
005     *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
006     *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
007     *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
008     *
009     *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
010     *
011     *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
012     *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
013     *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
014     *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
015     *  limitations under the License.
016     */
017    package org.apache.geronimo.kernel;
018    
019    import javax.management.ObjectName;
020    import javax.management.MalformedObjectNameException;
021    
022    /**
023     * @version $Rev: 410741 $ $Date: 2006-05-31 21:35:48 -0700 (Wed, 31 May 2006) $
024     */
025    public class ObjectNameUtil {
026        /**
027         * Convert a String to an ObjectName
028         *
029         * @param name the name
030         * @return the ObjectName from that String
031         * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the name is malformed
032         */
033        public static ObjectName getObjectName(String name) throws IllegalArgumentException {
034            try {
035                return new ObjectName(name);
036            } catch (MalformedObjectNameException e) {
037                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Malformed ObjectName: " + name);
038            }
039        }
040    }