/*
 * Copyright 2003 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.
 *
 * 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.
 */

/**
 * This is the management interface explicitly defined for the
 * "SimpleStandard" standard MBean.
 * The "SimpleStandard" standard MBean implements this interface
 * in order to be manageable through a JMX agent.
 *
 * The "SimpleStandardMBean" interface shows how to expose for management:
 * - a read/write attribute (named "State") through its getter and setter
 *   methods,
 * - a read-only attribute (named "NbChanges") through its getter method,
 * - an operation (named "reset").
 */
public interface SimpleStandardMBean {

    /**
     * Getter: set the "State" attribute of the "SimpleStandard" standard
     * MBean.
     *
     * @return the current value of the "State" attribute.
     */
    public String getState();

    /**
     * Setter: set the "State" attribute of the "SimpleStandard" standard
     * MBean.
     *
     * @param <VAR>s</VAR> the new value of the "State" attribute.
     */
    public void setState(String s);

    /**
     * Getter: get the "NbChanges" attribute of the "SimpleStandard" standard
     * MBean.
     *
     * @return the current value of the "NbChanges" attribute.
     */
    public int getNbChanges();

    /**
     * Operation: reset to their initial values the "State" and "NbChanges"
     * attributes of the "SimpleStandard" standard MBean.
     */
    public void reset();
}