introduce TypedName to reduce boilerplate

Signed-off-by: Etai Lev Ran <[email protected]>

Author: elevran

pkg/epp/plugins/typedname.go

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+/*
+Copyright 2025 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package plugins
+
+// TypedName is a utility struct providing a type and a name
+// to plugins.
+// It implements the Plugin interface and can be embedded in
+// plugins across the code to reduce boilerplate.
+type TypedName struct {
+	objType string
+	objName string
+}
+
+// NewTypedName returns a new TypedName struct configured with
+// the given type and name.
+func NewTypedName(objtype, objname string) TypedName {
+	return TypedName{
+		objType: objtype,
+		objName: objname,
+	}
+}
+
+// Type returns the type of the plugin.
+func (tn *TypedName) Type() string {
+	return tn.objType
+}
+
+// Name returns the name of this plugin instance.
+func (tn *TypedName) Name() string {
+	return tn.objName
+}
+
+// SetName sets the instance name.
+func (tn *TypedName) SetName(name string) {
+	tn.objName = name
+}