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+/* DynamicMBean.java -- A management bean with a dynamic interface.
+ Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Classpath 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 for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package javax.management;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a management bean that provides a
+ * dynamic interface. Users of a {@link DynamicMBean}
+ * may retrieve information about its attributes at
+ * runtime and use this information to dynamically
+ * obtain the corresponding values of these attributes.
+ *
+ * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org)
+ * @since 1.5
+ */
+public interface DynamicMBean
+{
+
+ /**
+ * Obtains the value of the specified attribute of the
+ * management bean. The management bean should perform
+ * a lookup for the named attribute, and return its value
+ * by calling the appropriate getter method, if possible.
+ *
+ * @param name the name of the attribute to retrieve.
+ * @return the value of the specified attribute.
+ * @throws AttributeNotFoundException if the name does not
+ * correspond to an attribute
+ * of the bean.
+ * @throws MBeanException if retrieving the attribute causes
+ * the bean to throw an exception (which
+ * becomes the cause of this exception).
+ * @throws ReflectionException if an exception occurred in trying
+ * to use the reflection interface
+ * to lookup the attribute. The
+ * thrown exception is the cause of
+ * this exception.
+ * @see #setAttribute(String)
+ */
+ Object getAttribute(String name)
+ throws AttributeNotFoundException, MBeanException,
+ ReflectionException;
+
+ /**
+ * Obtains the values of each of the specified attributes
+ * of the management bean. The returned list includes
+ * those attributes that were retrieved and their
+ * corresponding values.
+ *
+ * @param names the names of the attributes to retrieve.
+ * @return a list of the retrieved attributes.
+ * @see #setAttributes(AttributeList)
+ */
+ AttributeList getAttributes(String[] names);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns an information object which lists the attributes
+ * and actions associated with the management bean.
+ *
+ * @return a description of the management bean, including
+ * all exposed attributes and actions.
+ */
+ MBeanInfo getMBeanInfo();
+
+ /**
+ * Invokes the specified action on the management bean using
+ * the supplied parameters. The signature of the action is
+ * specified by a {@link String} array, which lists the classes
+ * corresponding to each parameter. The class loader used to
+ * load these classes is the same as that used for loading the
+ * management bean itself.
+ *
+ * @param name the name of the action to invoke.
+ * @param params the parameters used to call the action.
+ * @param signature the signature of the action.
+ * @return the return value of the action.
+ * @throws MBeanException if the action throws an exception. The
+ * thrown exception is the cause of this
+ * exception.
+ * @throws ReflectionException if an exception occurred in trying
+ * to use the reflection interface
+ * to invoke the action. The
+ * thrown exception is the cause of
+ * this exception.
+ */
+ Object invoke(String name, Object[] params, String[] signature)
+ throws MBeanException, ReflectionException;
+
+ /**
+ * Sets the value of the specified attribute of the
+ * management bean. The management bean should perform
+ * a lookup for the named attribute, and sets its value
+ * using the associated setter method, if possible.
+ *
+ * @param attribute the attribute to set.
+ * @throws AttributeNotFoundException if the attribute does not
+ * correspond to an attribute
+ * of the bean.
+ * @throws InvalidAttributeValueException if the value is invalid
+ * for this particular
+ * attribute of the bean.
+ * @throws MBeanException if setting the attribute causes
+ * the bean to throw an exception (which
+ * becomes the cause of this exception).
+ * @throws ReflectionException if an exception occurred in trying
+ * to use the reflection interface
+ * to lookup the attribute. The
+ * thrown exception is the cause of
+ * this exception.
+ * @see #getAttribute(String)
+ */
+ void setAttribute(Attribute attribute)
+ throws AttributeNotFoundException, InvalidAttributeValueException,
+ MBeanException, ReflectionException;
+
+ /**
+ * Sets the value of each of the specified attributes
+ * to that supplied by the {@link Attribute} object.
+ * The returned list contains the attributes that were
+ * set and their new values.
+ *
+ * @param attributes the attributes to set.
+ * @return a list of the changed attributes.
+ * @see #getAttributes(AttributeList)
+ */
+ AttributeList setAttributes(AttributeList attributes);
+
+}