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+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2007 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+
+
+package javax.management.remote;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * <p>A provider for creating JMX API connector clients using a given
+ * protocol.  Instances of this interface are created by {@link
+ * JMXConnectorFactory} as part of its {@link
+ * JMXConnectorFactory#newJMXConnector(JMXServiceURL, Map)
+ * newJMXConnector} method.</p>
+ *
+ * @since 1.5
+ */
+public interface JMXConnectorProvider {
+    /**
+     * <p>Creates a new connector client that is ready to connect
+     * to the connector server at the given address.  Each successful
+     * call to this method produces a different
+     * <code>JMXConnector</code> object.</p>
+     *
+     * @param serviceURL the address of the connector server to connect to.
+     *
+     * @param environment a read-only Map containing named attributes
+     * to determine how the connection is made.  Keys in this map must
+     * be Strings.  The appropriate type of each associated value
+     * depends on the attribute.</p>
+     *
+     * @return a <code>JMXConnector</code> representing the new
+     * connector client.  Each successful call to this method produces
+     * a different object.
+     *
+     * @exception NullPointerException if <code>serviceURL</code> or
+     * <code>environment</code> is null.
+     *
+     * @exception IOException It is recommended for a provider
+     * implementation to throw {@code MalformedURLException} if the
+     * protocol in the {@code serviceURL} is not recognized by this
+     * provider, {@code JMXProviderException} if this is a provider
+     * for the protocol in {@code serviceURL} but it cannot be used
+     * for some reason or any other {@code IOException} if the
+     * connection cannot be made because of a communication problem.
+     */
+    public JMXConnector newJMXConnector(JMXServiceURL serviceURL,
+                                        Map<String,?> environment)
+            throws IOException;
+}