/*
 * Copyright 2000-2008 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 com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver;

import javax.management.MBeanServer;
import javax.management.MBeanServerDelegate;


/**
 * Extends the MBeanServer interface to
 * provide methods for getting the MetaData and MBeanServerInstantiator
 * objects associated with an MBeanServer.
 *
 * @since 1.5
 */
public interface SunJmxMBeanServer
    extends MBeanServer {

    /**
     * Return the MBeanInstantiator associated to this MBeanServer.
     * @exception UnsupportedOperationException if
     *            {@link MBeanServerInterceptor}s
     *            are not enabled on this object.
     * @see #interceptorsEnabled
     */
    public MBeanInstantiator getMBeanInstantiator();

    /**
     * Tell whether {@link MBeanServerInterceptor}s are enabled on this
     * object.
     * @return <code>true</code> if {@link MBeanServerInterceptor}s are
     *         enabled.
     * @see #getMBeanServerInterceptor
     * @see #setMBeanServerInterceptor
     * @see #getMBeanInstantiator
     * @see com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.JmxMBeanServerBuilder
     **/
    public boolean interceptorsEnabled();

    /**
     * Return the MBeanServerInterceptor.
     * @exception UnsupportedOperationException if
     *            {@link MBeanServerInterceptor}s
     *            are not enabled on this object.
     * @see #interceptorsEnabled
     **/
    public MBeanServer getMBeanServerInterceptor();

    /**
     * Set the MBeanServerInterceptor.
     * @exception UnsupportedOperationException if
     *            {@link MBeanServerInterceptor}s
     *            are not enabled on this object.
     * @see #interceptorsEnabled
     **/
    public void setMBeanServerInterceptor(MBeanServer interceptor);

    /**
     * <p>Return the MBeanServerDelegate representing the MBeanServer.
     * Notifications can be sent from the MBean server delegate using
     * the method {@link MBeanServerDelegate#sendNotification}
     * in the returned object.</p>
     *
     */
    public MBeanServerDelegate getMBeanServerDelegate();

}