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package com.sun.enterprise.management.agent;


// java import
import java.util.Set;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import javax.management.*;
import java.rmi.RemoteException;
import javax.management.j2ee.Management;


/* Combines the Management interface and the remaining javax.management.MBeanServer interface methods
 * with the exception of deserialize which does not return a valid RMI-IIOP type.
 * The MEJB interface also includes registerAppClient which faclitates the registration of an AppClient MO
 * from a the AppContainer
 *
 * @author Hans Hrasna
 */
public interface MEJB extends Management {

    /**
     * Gets the names of MBeans controlled by the MBean server. This method
     * enables any of the following to be obtained: The names of all MBeans,
     * the names of a set of MBeans specified by pattern matching on the
     * <CODE>ObjectName</CODE> and/or a Query expression, a specific MBean name (equivalent to
     * testing whether an MBean is registered). When the object name is
     * null or no domain and key properties are specified, all objects are selected (and filtered if a
     * query is specified). It returns the set of ObjectNames for the MBeans
     * selected.
     *
     * @param name The object name pattern identifying the MBeans to be retrieved. If
     * null or no domain and key properties are specified, all the MBeans registered will be retrieved.
     * @param query The query expression to be applied for selecting MBeans. If null
     * no query expression will be applied for selecting MBeans.
     *
     * @return  A set containing the ObjectNames for the MBeans selected.
     * If no MBean satisfies the query, an empty list is returned.
     *
     */
    Set queryNames(ObjectName name, QueryExp query) throws RemoteException  ;
  
}