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package sun.jvmstat.monitor;

public interface MonitoredHostService {

    /**
     * Construct a MonitoredHost instance to manage the
     * connection to the host indicated by <tt>hostId</tt>.
     *
     * @param hostId the identifier for the target host.
     * @return MonitoredHost - The MonitoredHost object needed to attach to
     *                         the target host.
     *
     * @throws MonitorException Thrown if monitoring errors occur.
     */
    public MonitoredHost getMonitoredHost(HostIdentifier hostId) throws MonitorException;

    /**
     * Get the scheme that this service supports.
     *
     * @return scheme name
     */
    public String getScheme();
}