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StatsHolderMBean.javaAPI DocGlassfish v2 API4749Fri May 04 22:24:20 BST 2007com.sun.enterprise.admin.monitor.registry.spi

StatsHolderMBean.java

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package com.sun.enterprise.admin.monitor.registry.spi;


/**
 * Provides the management interface for a StatsHolder that represents a 
 * node in the arbitrary monitoring node hierarchy. It is purposely separated
 * from the {@link javax.management.DynamicMBean} because the implementing class
 * may use a Standard MBean instead, to get various attributes.
 * @author  <a href="mailto:Kedar.Mhaswade@sun.com">Kedar Mhaswade</a>
 * @since S1AS8.0
 * @version $Revision: 1.4 $
 */
public interface StatsHolderMBean {
	/**
	 * Returns the {@link javax.management.ObjectName}s of all the children of associated 
	 * {@link com.sun.enterprise.admin.monitor.registry.StatsHolder} in an
	 * arbitrary hierarchy. A management application should be able to build a
	 * hierarchical view using on this method. Implementing class should always
	 * return an empty array in case there are no children.
	 *
	 * @return		an array of ObjectNames representing this StatsHolder's children
	 */
	javax.management.ObjectName[] getChildren();
	
	/**
	 * Returns the name of the StatsHolder node, that the MBean is exposing
	 * This usually refers to a specific name such as HelloWorldServlet or
	 * the name of the MonitoredObjectType such as TransactionService, 
	 * when a specific name does not exist. Does not return a null.
	 *
	 * @see com.sun.enterprise.admin.monitor.registry.MonitoredObjectType
	 * @return name of the node
	 */
	String getName();
	
	/**
	 * Returns the type of the StatsHolder Node. This refers to one of several
	 * monitored object types, such as ejb-methods, bean-pool.
	 * Does not return a null.
	 *
	 * @see com.sun.enterprise.admin.monitor.registry.MonitoredObjectType
	 * @return type of the node
	 */
	String getType();
		
	/**
	 * Returns the result of executing the getXXX methods on the associated
	 * Stats object. The result is an array of serialized Statistic objects.
	 *
	 * @return array of Statistic objects
	 */
	javax.management.j2ee.statistics.Statistic[] getStatistics();
	
	/**
	 * Returns an array containing the names of the Statistics, for a given
	 * Stats object
	 *
	 * @return  array of statistic names
	 */
	String[] getStatisticNames();
	
}