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/*
 * $Header: /cvs/glassfish/admin-core/admin/src/java/com/sun/enterprise/admin/dottedname/DottedNameGetSet.java,v 1.4 2007/05/05 05:25:34 tcfujii Exp $
 * $Revision: 1.4 $
 * $Date: 2007/05/05 05:25:34 $
 */
 

package com.sun.enterprise.admin.dottedname;

import javax.management.Attribute;
import javax.management.AttributeList;

/*
	Interface for supporting CLI 'get' and 'set' commands.
 */
public interface DottedNameGetSet
{
	/*
		Get multiple dotted-name values.  Input can be one or more names, any of which
		may be wildcarded.
		
		If there are N names in the input the resulting Object []
		will also be of length N.  Each element in the output Object [] will be:
		  - an Attribute		if the input value was a single dotted-name
		  - an Attribute []		if the input value was a wildcarded dotted-name (could be of any length)
		  - an Exception		if there was a problem (usually AttributeNotFoundException)
		
		
		When using  wildcarded name, the result will usually never be an Exception unless
		there was some low-level problem; an regex that matches nothing will return
		an empty AttributeList.
		
		@param name		dotted name of the Attribute
		@returns		AttributeList for dotted-names which were gotten.
	 */
	public Object []	dottedNameGet( String [] names ) ;
	
	/*
		Same as dottedNameGet( String [] ), but for a single name, which may be wildcarded.
		Completely equivalent to dottedNameGet( new String[] { name } )
		
		An exception may be returned; it will not be thrown.
	 */
	public Object 		dottedNameGet( String name );
	
	/*
		Set multiple dotted-name values.  Input must be one or more names. Wildcarding
		is disallowed.
		
		If there are N names in the input the resulting Object []
		will also be of length N.  Each entry in the output Object [] will be:
		  - an Attribute		if it was successfully set
		  - an Exception		if there was a problem
		
		@param name		dotted name of the Attribute
		@returns		AttributeList for dotted-names which were set.
	 */
	public Object []	dottedNameSet( String [] names );
	public Object		dottedNameSet( String name );

	/*
		Same as dottedNameGet, but for monitoring.
	 */
	public Object []	dottedNameMonitoringGet( String [] names ) ;
	public Object 		dottedNameMonitoringGet( String name ) ;	
	
	/*
		Return a Set of String (dotted names) that match the name prefixes for
		non-monitoring dotted names.
		
		@param namePrefixes array of dotted-name prefixes (may be wildcarded)
	 */
	public String []		dottedNameList( String [] namePrefixes);
	
	/*
		Return a Set of String (dotted names) that match the name prefixes,
		but only for monitoring dotted names.
		
		@param namePrefixes array of dotted-name prefixes (may be wildcarded)
	 */
	public String []		dottedNameMonitoringList( String [] namePrefixes );
}