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package javax.management.remote;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Map;
/**
* <p>MBean interface for connector servers. A JMX API connector server
* is attached to an MBean server, and establishes connections to that
* MBean server for remote clients.</p>
*
* <p>A newly-created connector server is <em>inactive</em>, and does
* not yet listen for connections. Only when its {@link #start start}
* method has been called does it start listening for connections.</p>
*
* @since 1.5
*/
public interface JMXConnectorServerMBean {
/**
* <p>Activates the connector server, that is, starts listening for
* client connections. Calling this method when the connector
* server is already active has no effect. Calling this method
* when the connector server has been stopped will generate an
* {@link IOException}.</p>
*
* @exception IOException if it is not possible to start listening
* or if the connector server has been stopped.
*
* @exception IllegalStateException if the connector server has
* not been attached to an MBean server.
*/
public void start() throws IOException;
/**
* <p>Deactivates the connector server, that is, stops listening for
* client connections. Calling this method will also close all
* client connections that were made by this server. After this
* method returns, whether normally or with an exception, the
* connector server will not create any new client
* connections.</p>
*
* <p>Once a connector server has been stopped, it cannot be started
* again.</p>
*
* <p>Calling this method when the connector server has already
* been stopped has no effect. Calling this method when the
* connector server has not yet been started will disable the
* connector server object permanently.</p>
*
* <p>If closing a client connection produces an exception, that
* exception is not thrown from this method. A {@link
* JMXConnectionNotification} with type {@link
* JMXConnectionNotification#FAILED} is emitted from this MBean
* with the connection ID of the connection that could not be
* closed.</p>
*
* <p>Closing a connector server is a potentially slow operation.
* For example, if a client machine with an open connection has
* crashed, the close operation might have to wait for a network
* protocol timeout. Callers that do not want to block in a close
* operation should do it in a separate thread.</p>
*
* @exception IOException if the server cannot be closed cleanly.
* When this exception is thrown, the server has already attempted
* to close all client connections. All client connections are
* closed except possibly those that generated exceptions when the
* server attempted to close them.
*/
public void stop() throws IOException;
/**
* <p>Determines whether the connector server is active. A connector
* server starts being active when its {@link #start start} method
* returns successfully and remains active until either its
* {@link #stop stop} method is called or the connector server
* fails.</p>
*
* @return true if the connector server is active.
*/
public boolean isActive();
/**
* <p>Inserts an object that intercepts requests for the MBean server
* that arrive through this connector server. This object will be
* supplied as the <code>MBeanServer</code> for any new connection
* created by this connector server. Existing connections are
* unaffected.</p>
*
* <p>This method can be called more than once with different
* {@link MBeanServerForwarder} objects. The result is a chain
* of forwarders. The last forwarder added is the first in the chain.
* In more detail:</p>
*
* <ul>
* <li><p>If this connector server is already associated with an
* <code>MBeanServer</code> object, then that object is given to
* {@link MBeanServerForwarder#setMBeanServer
* mbsf.setMBeanServer}. If doing so produces an exception, this
* method throws the same exception without any other effect.</p>
*
* <li><p>If this connector is not already associated with an
* <code>MBeanServer</code> object, or if the
* <code>mbsf.setMBeanServer</code> call just mentioned succeeds,
* then <code>mbsf</code> becomes this connector server's
* <code>MBeanServer</code>.</p>
* </ul>
*
* @param mbsf the new <code>MBeanServerForwarder</code>.
*
* @exception IllegalArgumentException if the call to {@link
* MBeanServerForwarder#setMBeanServer mbsf.setMBeanServer} fails
* with <code>IllegalArgumentException</code>. This includes the
* case where <code>mbsf</code> is null.
*/
public void setMBeanServerForwarder(MBeanServerForwarder mbsf);
/**
* <p>The list of IDs for currently-open connections to this
* connector server.</p>
*
* @return a new string array containing the list of IDs. If
* there are no currently-open connections, this array will be
* empty.
*/
public String[] getConnectionIds();
/**
* <p>The address of this connector server.</p>
* <p>
* The address returned may not be the exact original {@link JMXServiceURL}
* that was supplied when creating the connector server, since the original
* address may not always be complete. For example the port number may be
* dynamically allocated when starting the connector server. Instead the
* address returned is the actual {@link JMXServiceURL} of the
* {@link JMXConnectorServer}. This is the address that clients supply
* to {@link JMXConnectorFactory#connect(JMXServiceURL)}.
* </p>
* <p>Note that the address returned may be {@code null} if
* the {@code JMXConnectorServer} is not yet {@link #isActive active}.
* </p>
*
* @return the address of this connector server, or null if it
* does not have one.
*/
public JMXServiceURL getAddress();
/**
* <p>The attributes for this connector server.</p>
*
* @return a read-only map containing the attributes for this
* connector server. Attributes whose values are not serializable
* are omitted from this map. If there are no serializable
* attributes, the returned map is empty.
*/
public Map<String,?> getAttributes();
/**
* <p>Returns a client stub for this connector server. A client
* stub is a serializable object whose {@link
* JMXConnector#connect(Map) connect} method can be used to make
* one new connection to this connector server.</p>
*
* <p>A given connector need not support the generation of client
* stubs. However, the connectors specified by the JMX Remote API do
* (JMXMP Connector and RMI Connector).</p>
*
* @param env client connection parameters of the same sort that
* can be provided to {@link JMXConnector#connect(Map)
* JMXConnector.connect(Map)}. Can be null, which is equivalent
* to an empty map.
*
* @return a client stub that can be used to make a new connection
* to this connector server.
*
* @exception UnsupportedOperationException if this connector
* server does not support the generation of client stubs.
*
* @exception IllegalStateException if the JMXConnectorServer is
* not started (see {@link JMXConnectorServerMBean#isActive()}).
*
* @exception IOException if a communications problem means that a
* stub cannot be created.
*
*/
public JMXConnector toJMXConnector(Map<String,?> env)
throws IOException;
}