| J. Duke | 319a3b9 | 2007-12-01 00:00:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 1 | /* |
| 2 | * Portions Copyright 2000-2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
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| 10 | * |
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| 24 | */ |
| 25 | /* |
| 26 | * @author IBM Corp. |
| 27 | * |
| 28 | * Copyright IBM Corp. 1999-2000. All rights reserved. |
| 29 | */ |
| 30 | |
| 31 | package javax.management; |
| 32 | |
| 33 | /** |
| 34 | * This interface is used to gain access to descriptors of the Descriptor class |
| 35 | * which are associated with a JMX component, i.e. MBean, MBeanInfo, |
| 36 | * MBeanAttributeInfo, MBeanNotificationInfo, |
| 37 | * MBeanOperationInfo, MBeanParameterInfo. |
| 38 | * <P> |
| 39 | * ModelMBeans make extensive use of this interface in ModelMBeanInfo classes. |
| 40 | * |
| 41 | * @since 1.5 |
| 42 | */ |
| 43 | public interface DescriptorAccess extends DescriptorRead |
| 44 | { |
| 45 | /** |
| 46 | * Sets Descriptor (full replace). |
| 47 | * |
| 48 | * @param inDescriptor replaces the Descriptor associated with the |
| 49 | * component implementing this interface. If the inDescriptor is invalid for the |
| 50 | * type of Info object it is being set for, an exception is thrown. If the |
| 51 | * inDescriptor is null, then the Descriptor will revert to its default value |
| 52 | * which should contain, at a minimum, the descriptor name and descriptorType. |
| 53 | * |
| 54 | * @see #getDescriptor |
| 55 | */ |
| 56 | public void setDescriptor(Descriptor inDescriptor); |
| 57 | } |