J. Duke | 319a3b9 | 2007-12-01 00:00:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | /* |
Lana Steuck | 657b9db | 2013-12-26 12:04:16 -0800 | [diff] [blame^] | 2 | * Copyright (c) 2002, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |
J. Duke | 319a3b9 | 2007-12-01 00:00:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3 | * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. |
| 4 | * |
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Kelly O'Hair | fe008ae | 2010-05-25 15:58:33 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 9 | * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code. |
J. Duke | 319a3b9 | 2007-12-01 00:00:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10 | * |
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J. Duke | 319a3b9 | 2007-12-01 00:00:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 24 | */ |
| 25 | |
| 26 | |
| 27 | package javax.management.remote; |
| 28 | |
| 29 | import java.io.IOException; |
| 30 | import java.util.Map; |
| 31 | |
| 32 | /** |
| 33 | * <p>A provider for creating JMX API connector clients using a given |
| 34 | * protocol. Instances of this interface are created by {@link |
| 35 | * JMXConnectorFactory} as part of its {@link |
| 36 | * JMXConnectorFactory#newJMXConnector(JMXServiceURL, Map) |
| 37 | * newJMXConnector} method.</p> |
| 38 | * |
| 39 | * @since 1.5 |
| 40 | */ |
| 41 | public interface JMXConnectorProvider { |
| 42 | /** |
| 43 | * <p>Creates a new connector client that is ready to connect |
| 44 | * to the connector server at the given address. Each successful |
| 45 | * call to this method produces a different |
| 46 | * <code>JMXConnector</code> object.</p> |
| 47 | * |
| 48 | * @param serviceURL the address of the connector server to connect to. |
| 49 | * |
| 50 | * @param environment a read-only Map containing named attributes |
| 51 | * to determine how the connection is made. Keys in this map must |
| 52 | * be Strings. The appropriate type of each associated value |
Roger Riggs | 1ea6828 | 2013-11-12 14:03:28 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 53 | * depends on the attribute. |
J. Duke | 319a3b9 | 2007-12-01 00:00:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 54 | * |
| 55 | * @return a <code>JMXConnector</code> representing the new |
| 56 | * connector client. Each successful call to this method produces |
| 57 | * a different object. |
| 58 | * |
| 59 | * @exception NullPointerException if <code>serviceURL</code> or |
| 60 | * <code>environment</code> is null. |
| 61 | * |
| 62 | * @exception IOException It is recommended for a provider |
| 63 | * implementation to throw {@code MalformedURLException} if the |
| 64 | * protocol in the {@code serviceURL} is not recognized by this |
| 65 | * provider, {@code JMXProviderException} if this is a provider |
| 66 | * for the protocol in {@code serviceURL} but it cannot be used |
| 67 | * for some reason or any other {@code IOException} if the |
| 68 | * connection cannot be made because of a communication problem. |
| 69 | */ |
| 70 | public JMXConnector newJMXConnector(JMXServiceURL serviceURL, |
| 71 | Map<String,?> environment) |
| 72 | throws IOException; |
| 73 | } |