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package javax.management.remote;

import javax.management.MBeanServer;

/**
 * <p>An object of this class implements the MBeanServer interface and
 * wraps another object that also implements that interface.
 * Typically, an implementation of this interface performs some action
 * in some or all methods of the <code>MBeanServer</code> interface
 * before and/or after forwarding the method to the wrapped object.
 * Examples include security checking and logging.</p>
 *
 * @since 1.5
 */
public interface MBeanServerForwarder extends MBeanServer {

    /**
     * Returns the MBeanServer object to which requests will be forwarded.
     *
     * @return the MBeanServer object to which requests will be forwarded,
     * or null if there is none.
     *
     * @see #setMBeanServer
     */
    public MBeanServer getMBeanServer();

    /**
     * Sets the MBeanServer object to which requests will be forwarded
     * after treatment by this object.
     *
     * @param mbs the MBeanServer object to which requests will be forwarded.
     *
     * @exception IllegalArgumentException if this object is already
     * forwarding to an MBeanServer object or if <code>mbs</code> is
     * null or if <code>mbs</code> is identical to this object.
     *
     * @see #getMBeanServer
     */
    public void setMBeanServer(MBeanServer mbs);
}