| J. Duke | 319a3b9 | 2007-12-01 00:00:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 1 | /* |
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| 25 | |
| 26 | package javax.management; |
| 27 | |
| 28 | // java import |
| 29 | import java.io.Serializable; |
| 30 | |
| 31 | |
| 32 | /** |
| 33 | * <p>Represents relational constraints that can be used in database |
| 34 | * query "where clauses". Instances of QueryExp are returned by the |
| 35 | * static methods of the {@link Query} class.</p> |
| 36 | * |
| 37 | * <p>It is possible, but not |
| 38 | * recommended, to create custom queries by implementing this |
| 39 | * interface. In that case, it is better to extend the {@link |
| 40 | * QueryEval} class than to implement the interface directly, so that |
| 41 | * the {@link #setMBeanServer} method works correctly. |
| 42 | * |
| 43 | * @since 1.5 |
| 44 | */ |
| 45 | public interface QueryExp extends Serializable { |
| 46 | |
| 47 | |
| 48 | /** |
| 49 | * Applies the QueryExp on an MBean. |
| 50 | * |
| 51 | * @param name The name of the MBean on which the QueryExp will be applied. |
| 52 | * |
| 53 | * @return True if the query was successfully applied to the MBean, false otherwise |
| 54 | * |
| 55 | * @exception BadStringOperationException |
| 56 | * @exception BadBinaryOpValueExpException |
| 57 | * @exception BadAttributeValueExpException |
| 58 | * @exception InvalidApplicationException |
| 59 | */ |
| 60 | public boolean apply(ObjectName name) throws BadStringOperationException, BadBinaryOpValueExpException, |
| 61 | BadAttributeValueExpException, InvalidApplicationException ; |
| 62 | |
| 63 | /** |
| 64 | * Sets the MBean server on which the query is to be performed. |
| 65 | * |
| 66 | * @param s The MBean server on which the query is to be performed. |
| 67 | */ |
| 68 | public void setMBeanServer(MBeanServer s) ; |
| 69 | |
| 70 | } |