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+/*
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+
+
+package javax.management.openmbean;
+
+
+// java import
+//
+
+
+// jmx import
+//
+
+
+/**
+ * <p>Describes an attribute of an open MBean.</p>
+ *
+ * <p>This interface declares the same methods as the class {@link
+ * javax.management.MBeanAttributeInfo}.  A class implementing this
+ * interface (typically {@link OpenMBeanAttributeInfoSupport}) should
+ * extend {@link javax.management.MBeanAttributeInfo}.</p>
+ *
+ *
+ * @since 1.5
+ */
+public interface OpenMBeanAttributeInfo extends OpenMBeanParameterInfo {
+
+
+    // Re-declares the methods that are in class MBeanAttributeInfo of JMX 1.0
+    // (these will be removed when MBeanAttributeInfo is made a parent interface of this interface)
+
+    /**
+     * Returns <tt>true</tt> if the attribute described by this <tt>OpenMBeanAttributeInfo</tt> instance is readable,
+     * <tt>false</tt> otherwise.
+     *
+     * @return true if the attribute is readable.
+     */
+    public boolean isReadable() ;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns <tt>true</tt> if the attribute described by this <tt>OpenMBeanAttributeInfo</tt> instance is writable,
+     * <tt>false</tt> otherwise.
+     *
+     * @return true if the attribute is writable.
+     */
+    public boolean isWritable() ;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns <tt>true</tt> if the attribute described by this <tt>OpenMBeanAttributeInfo</tt> instance
+     * is accessed through a <tt>is<i>XXX</i></tt> getter (applies only to <tt>boolean</tt> and <tt>Boolean</tt> values),
+     * <tt>false</tt> otherwise.
+     *
+     * @return true if the attribute is accessed through <tt>is<i>XXX</i></tt>.
+     */
+    public boolean isIs() ;
+
+
+    // commodity methods
+    //
+
+    /**
+     * Compares the specified <var>obj</var> parameter with this <code>OpenMBeanAttributeInfo</code> instance for equality.
+     * <p>
+     * Returns <tt>true</tt> if and only if all of the following statements are true:
+     * <ul>
+     * <li><var>obj</var> is non null,</li>
+     * <li><var>obj</var> also implements the <code>OpenMBeanAttributeInfo</code> interface,</li>
+     * <li>their names are equal</li>
+     * <li>their open types are equal</li>
+     * <li>their access properties (isReadable, isWritable and isIs) are equal</li>
+     * <li>their default, min, max and legal values are equal.</li>
+     * </ul>
+     * This ensures that this <tt>equals</tt> method works properly for <var>obj</var> parameters which are
+     * different implementations of the <code>OpenMBeanAttributeInfo</code> interface.
+     * <br>&nbsp;
+     * @param  obj  the object to be compared for equality with this <code>OpenMBeanAttributeInfo</code> instance;
+     *
+     * @return  <code>true</code> if the specified object is equal to this <code>OpenMBeanAttributeInfo</code> instance.
+     */
+    public boolean equals(Object obj);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the hash code value for this <code>OpenMBeanAttributeInfo</code> instance.
+     * <p>
+     * The hash code of an <code>OpenMBeanAttributeInfo</code> instance is the sum of the hash codes
+     * of all elements of information used in <code>equals</code> comparisons
+     * (ie: its name, its <i>open type</i>, and its default, min, max and legal values).
+     * <p>
+     * This ensures that <code> t1.equals(t2) </code> implies that <code> t1.hashCode()==t2.hashCode() </code>
+     * for any two <code>OpenMBeanAttributeInfo</code> instances <code>t1</code> and <code>t2</code>,
+     * as required by the general contract of the method
+     * {@link Object#hashCode() Object.hashCode()}.
+     *
+     * @return  the hash code value for this <code>OpenMBeanAttributeInfo</code> instance
+     */
+    public int hashCode();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a string representation of this <code>OpenMBeanAttributeInfo</code> instance.
+     * <p>
+     * The string representation consists of the name of this class (ie <code>javax.management.openmbean.OpenMBeanAttributeInfo</code>),
+     * the string representation of the name and open type of the described attribute,
+     * and the string representation of its default, min, max and legal values.
+     *
+     * @return  a string representation of this <code>OpenMBeanAttributeInfo</code> instance
+     */
+    public String toString();
+
+
+    // methods specific to open MBeans are inherited from
+    // OpenMBeanParameterInfo
+    //
+
+}