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package javax.management.remote;

import java.io.Closeable;

import java.io.IOException;

import java.util.Map;

import javax.management.ListenerNotFoundException;

import javax.management.MBeanServerConnection;

import javax.management.NotificationFilter;

import javax.management.NotificationListener;

import javax.security.auth.Subject;

/**

 * <p>The client end of a JMX API connector.  An object of this type can

 * be used to establish a connection to a connector server.</p>

 *

 * <p>A newly-created object of this type is unconnected.  Its {@link

 * #connect connect} method must be called before it can be used.

 * However, objects created by {@link

 * JMXConnectorFactory#connect(JMXServiceURL, Map)

 * JMXConnectorFactory.connect} are already connected.</p>

 *

 * @since 1.5

 */

public interface JMXConnector extends Closeable {

    /**

      * <p>Name of the attribute that specifies the credentials to send

      * to the connector server during connection.  The value

      * associated with this attribute, if any, is a serializable

      * object of an appropriate type for the server's {@link

      * JMXAuthenticator}.

      */

     public static final String CREDENTIALS =

         "jmx.remote.credentials";

    /**

     * <p>Establishes the connection to the connector server.  This

     * method is equivalent to {@link #connect(Map)

     * connect(null)}.</p>

     *

     * @exception IOException if the connection could not be made

     * because of a communication problem.

     *

     * @exception SecurityException if the connection could not be

     * made for security reasons.

     */

    public void connect() throws IOException;

    /**

     * <p>Establishes the connection to the connector server.</p>

     *

     * <p>If <code>connect</code> has already been called successfully

     * on this object, calling it again has no effect.  If, however,

     * {@link #close} was called after <code>connect</code>, the new

     *

     * <p>Otherwise, either <code>connect</code> has never been called

     * on this object, or it has been called but produced an

     * exception.  Then calling <code>connect</code> will attempt to

     * establish a connection to the connector server.</p>

     *

     * @param env the properties of the connection.  Properties in

     * this map override properties in the map specified when the

     * <code>JMXConnector</code> was created, if any.  This parameter

     * can be null, which is equivalent to an empty map.

     *

     * @exception IOException if the connection could not be made

     * because of a communication problem.

     *

     * @exception SecurityException if the connection could not be

     * made for security reasons.

     */

    public void connect(Map<String,?> env) throws IOException;

    /**

     * <p>Returns an <code>MBeanServerConnection</code> object

     * representing a remote MBean server.  For a given

     * <code>JMXConnector</code>, two successful calls to this method

     * will usually return the same <code>MBeanServerConnection</code>

     * object, though this is not required.</p>

     *

     * <p>For each method in the returned

     * <code>MBeanServerConnection</code>, calling the method causes

     * the corresponding method to be called in the remote MBean

     * server.  The value returned by the MBean server method is the

     * value returned to the client.  If the MBean server method

     * produces an <code>Exception</code>, the same

     * <code>Exception</code> is seen by the client.  If the MBean

     * server method, or the attempt to call it, produces an

     * <code>Error</code>, the <code>Error</code> is wrapped in a

     * {@link JMXServerErrorException}, which is seen by the

     * client.</p>

     *

     * <p>Calling this method is equivalent to calling

     * {@link #getMBeanServerConnection(Subject) getMBeanServerConnection(null)}

     * meaning that no delegation subject is specified and that all the

     * operations called on the <code>MBeanServerConnection</code> must

     * use the authenticated subject, if any.</p>

     *

     * @return an object that implements the

     * <code>MBeanServerConnection</code> interface by forwarding its

     * methods to the remote MBean server.

     *

     * @exception IOException if a valid

     * <code>MBeanServerConnection</code> cannot be created, for

     * instance because the connection to the remote MBean server has

     * not yet been established (with the {@link #connect(Map)

     * connect} method), or it has been closed, or it has broken.

     */

    public MBeanServerConnection getMBeanServerConnection()

            throws IOException;

    /**

     * <p>Returns an <code>MBeanServerConnection</code> object representing

     * a remote MBean server on which operations are performed on behalf of

     * the supplied delegation subject. For a given <code>JMXConnector</code>

     * and <code>Subject</code>, two successful calls to this method will

     * usually return the same <code>MBeanServerConnection</code> object,

     * though this is not required.</p>

     *

     * <p>For each method in the returned

     * <code>MBeanServerConnection</code>, calling the method causes

     * the corresponding method to be called in the remote MBean

     * server on behalf of the given delegation subject instead of the

     * authenticated subject. The value returned by the MBean server

     * method is the value returned to the client. If the MBean server

     * method produces an <code>Exception</code>, the same

     * <code>Exception</code> is seen by the client. If the MBean

     * server method, or the attempt to call it, produces an

     * <code>Error</code>, the <code>Error</code> is wrapped in a

     * {@link JMXServerErrorException}, which is seen by the

     * client.</p>

     *

     * @param delegationSubject the <code>Subject</code> on behalf of

     * which requests will be performed.  Can be null, in which case

     * requests will be performed on behalf of the authenticated

     * Subject, if any.

     *

     * @return an object that implements the <code>MBeanServerConnection</code>

     * interface by forwarding its methods to the remote MBean server on behalf

     * of a given delegation subject.

     *

     * @exception IOException if a valid <code>MBeanServerConnection</code>

     * cannot be created, for instance because the connection to the remote

     * MBean server has not yet been established (with the {@link #connect(Map)

     * connect} method), or it has been closed, or it has broken.

     */

    public MBeanServerConnection getMBeanServerConnection(

                                               Subject delegationSubject)

            throws IOException;

    /**

     * <p>Closes the client connection to its server.  Any ongoing or new

     * request using the MBeanServerConnection returned by {@link

     * #getMBeanServerConnection()} will get an

     * <code>IOException</code>.</p>

     *

     * <p>If <code>close</code> has already been called successfully

     * on this object, calling it again has no effect.  If

     * <code>close</code> has never been called, or if it was called

     * but produced an exception, an attempt will be made to close the

     * connection.  This attempt can succeed, in which case

     * <code>close</code> will return normally, or it can generate an

     * exception.</p>

     *

     * <p>Closing a connection is a potentially slow operation.  For

     * example, if the server 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 connection cannot be closed

     * cleanly.  If this exception is thrown, it is not known whether

     * the server end of the connection has been cleanly closed.

     */

    public void close() throws IOException;

    /**

     * <p>Adds a listener to be informed of changes in connection

     * status.  The listener will receive notifications of type {@link

     * JMXConnectionNotification}.  An implementation can send other

     * types of notifications too.</p>

     *

     * <p>Any number of listeners can be added with this method.  The

     * same listener can be added more than once with the same or

     * different values for the filter and handback.  There is no

     * special treatment of a duplicate entry.  For example, if a

     * listener is registered twice with no filter, then its

     * <code>handleNotification</code> method will be called twice for

     * each notification.</p>

     *

     * @param listener a listener to receive connection status

     * notifications.

     * @param filter a filter to select which notifications are to be

     * delivered to the listener, or null if all notifications are to

     * be delivered.

     * @param handback an object to be given to the listener along

     * with each notification.  Can be null.

     *

     * @exception NullPointerException if <code>listener</code> is

     * null.

     *

     * @see #removeConnectionNotificationListener

     * @see javax.management.NotificationBroadcaster#addNotificationListener

     */

    public void

        addConnectionNotificationListener(NotificationListener listener,

                                          NotificationFilter filter,

                                          Object handback);

    /**

     * <p>Removes a listener from the list to be informed of changes

     * in status.  The listener must previously have been added.  If

     * there is more than one matching listener, all are removed.</p>

     *

     * @param listener a listener to receive connection status

     * notifications.

     *

     * @exception NullPointerException if <code>listener</code> is

     * null.

     *

     * @exception ListenerNotFoundException if the listener is not

     * registered with this <code>JMXConnector</code>.

     *

     * @see #removeConnectionNotificationListener(NotificationListener,

     * NotificationFilter, Object)

     * @see #addConnectionNotificationListener

     * @see javax.management.NotificationEmitter#removeNotificationListener

     */

    public void

        removeConnectionNotificationListener(NotificationListener listener)

            throws ListenerNotFoundException;

    /**

     * <p>Removes a listener from the list to be informed of changes

     * in status.  The listener must previously have been added with

     * the same three parameters.  If there is more than one matching

     * listener, only one is removed.</p>

     *

     * @param l a listener to receive connection status notifications.

     * @param f a filter to select which notifications are to be

     * delivered to the listener.  Can be null.

     * @param handback an object to be given to the listener along

     * with each notification.  Can be null.

     *

     * @exception ListenerNotFoundException if the listener is not

     * registered with this <code>JMXConnector</code>, or is not

     * registered with the given filter and handback.

     *

     * @see #removeConnectionNotificationListener(NotificationListener)

     * @see #addConnectionNotificationListener

     * @see javax.management.NotificationEmitter#removeNotificationListener

     */

    public void removeConnectionNotificationListener(NotificationListener l,

                                                     NotificationFilter f,

                                                     Object handback)

            throws ListenerNotFoundException;

    /**

     * <p>Gets this connection's ID from the connector server.  For a

     * given connector server, every connection will have a unique id

     * which does not change during the lifetime of the

     * connection.</p>

     *

     * @return the unique ID of this connection.  This is the same as

     * the ID that the connector server includes in its {@link

     * JMXConnectionNotification}s.  The {@link

     * javax.management.remote package description} describes the

     * conventions for connection IDs.

     *

     * @exception IOException if the connection ID cannot be obtained,

     * for instance because the connection is closed or broken.

     */

    public String getConnectionId() throws IOException;

}