added more convenience method

git-svn-id: https://hudson.dev.java.net/svn/hudson/trunk/hudson/main@15243 71c3de6d-444a-0410-be80-ed276b4c234a

core/src/main/java/hudson/model/AdministrativeMonitor.java

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.StaplerRequest;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.StaplerResponse;
+import org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler;
 
 /**
  * Checks the health of a subsystem of Hudson and if there's something
@@ -50,6 +51,10 @@ import org.kohsuke.stapler.StaplerResponse;
  * for one such example), while other times it's more convenient to do
  * so by running some code periodically (for this, use {@link TimerTrigger#timer})
  *
+ * <p>
+ * {@link AdministrativeMonitor}s are bound to URL by {@link Hudson#getAdministrativeMonitor(String)}.
+ * See {@link #getUrl()}.
+ *
  * <h3>Views</h3>
  * <dl>
  * <dt>message.jelly</dt>
@@ -85,6 +90,13 @@ public abstract class AdministrativeMonitor implements ExtensionPoint {
         this.id = this.getClass().getName();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the URL of this monitor, relative to the context path, like "administrativeMonitor/foobar".
+     */
+    public String getUrl() {
+        return "administrativeMonitor/"+id;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Mark this monitor as disabled, to prevent this from showing up in the UI.
      */