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The client end of a JMX API connector. An object of this type can * be used to establish a connection to a connector server.

* *

A newly-created object of this type is unconnected. Its {@link * #connect connect} method must be called before it can be used. * However, objects created by {@link * JMXConnectorFactory#connect(JMXServiceURL, Map) * JMXConnectorFactory.connect} are already connected.

* * @since 1.5 */ public interface JMXConnector extends Closeable { /** *

Name of the attribute that specifies the credentials to send * to the connector server during connection. The value * associated with this attribute, if any, is a serializable * object of an appropriate type for the server's {@link * JMXAuthenticator}. */ public static final String CREDENTIALS = "jmx.remote.credentials"; /** *

Establishes the connection to the connector server. This * method is equivalent to {@link #connect(Map) * connect(null)}.

* * @exception IOException if the connection could not be made * because of a communication problem. * * @exception SecurityException if the connection could not be * made for security reasons. */ public void connect() throws IOException; /** *

Establishes the connection to the connector server.

* *

If connect has already been called successfully * on this object, calling it again has no effect. If, however, * {@link #close} was called after connect, the new * connect will throw an IOException.

* *

Otherwise, either connect has never been called * on this object, or it has been called but produced an * exception. Then calling connect will attempt to * establish a connection to the connector server.

* * @param env the properties of the connection. Properties in * this map override properties in the map specified when the * JMXConnector was created, if any. This parameter * can be null, which is equivalent to an empty map. * * @exception IOException if the connection could not be made * because of a communication problem. * * @exception SecurityException if the connection could not be * made for security reasons. */ public void connect(Map env) throws IOException; /** *

Returns an MBeanServerConnection object * representing a remote MBean server. For a given * JMXConnector, two successful calls to this method * will usually return the same MBeanServerConnection * object, though this is not required.

* *

For each method in the returned * MBeanServerConnection, calling the method causes * the corresponding method to be called in the remote MBean * server. The value returned by the MBean server method is the * value returned to the client. If the MBean server method * produces an Exception, the same * Exception is seen by the client. If the MBean * server method, or the attempt to call it, produces an * Error, the Error is wrapped in a * {@link JMXServerErrorException}, which is seen by the * client.

* *

Calling this method is equivalent to calling * {@link #getMBeanServerConnection(Subject) getMBeanServerConnection(null)} * meaning that no delegation subject is specified and that all the * operations called on the MBeanServerConnection must * use the authenticated subject, if any.

* * @return an object that implements the * MBeanServerConnection interface by forwarding its * methods to the remote MBean server. * * @exception IOException if a valid * MBeanServerConnection cannot be created, for * instance because the connection to the remote MBean server has * not yet been established (with the {@link #connect(Map) * connect} method), or it has been closed, or it has broken. */ public MBeanServerConnection getMBeanServerConnection() throws IOException; /** *

Returns an MBeanServerConnection object representing * a remote MBean server on which operations are performed on behalf of * the supplied delegation subject. For a given JMXConnector * and Subject, two successful calls to this method will * usually return the same MBeanServerConnection object, * though this is not required.

* *

For each method in the returned * MBeanServerConnection, calling the method causes * the corresponding method to be called in the remote MBean * server on behalf of the given delegation subject instead of the * authenticated subject. The value returned by the MBean server * method is the value returned to the client. If the MBean server * method produces an Exception, the same * Exception is seen by the client. If the MBean * server method, or the attempt to call it, produces an * Error, the Error is wrapped in a * {@link JMXServerErrorException}, which is seen by the * client.

* * @param delegationSubject the Subject on behalf of * which requests will be performed. Can be null, in which case * requests will be performed on behalf of the authenticated * Subject, if any. * * @return an object that implements the MBeanServerConnection * interface by forwarding its methods to the remote MBean server on behalf * of a given delegation subject. * * @exception IOException if a valid MBeanServerConnection * cannot be created, for instance because the connection to the remote * MBean server has not yet been established (with the {@link #connect(Map) * connect} method), or it has been closed, or it has broken. */ public MBeanServerConnection getMBeanServerConnection( Subject delegationSubject) throws IOException; /** *

Closes the client connection to its server. Any ongoing or new * request using the MBeanServerConnection returned by {@link * #getMBeanServerConnection()} will get an * IOException.

* *

If close has already been called successfully * on this object, calling it again has no effect. If * close has never been called, or if it was called * but produced an exception, an attempt will be made to close the * connection. This attempt can succeed, in which case * close will return normally, or it can generate an * exception.

* *

Closing a connection is a potentially slow operation. For * example, if the server has crashed, the close operation might * have to wait for a network protocol timeout. Callers that do * not want to block in a close operation should do it in a * separate thread.

* * @exception IOException if the connection cannot be closed * cleanly. If this exception is thrown, it is not known whether * the server end of the connection has been cleanly closed. */ public void close() throws IOException; /** *

Adds a listener to be informed of changes in connection * status. The listener will receive notifications of type {@link * JMXConnectionNotification}. An implementation can send other * types of notifications too.

* *

Any number of listeners can be added with this method. The * same listener can be added more than once with the same or * different values for the filter and handback. There is no * special treatment of a duplicate entry. For example, if a * listener is registered twice with no filter, then its * handleNotification method will be called twice for * each notification.

* * @param listener a listener to receive connection status * notifications. * @param filter a filter to select which notifications are to be * delivered to the listener, or null if all notifications are to * be delivered. * @param handback an object to be given to the listener along * with each notification. Can be null. * * @exception NullPointerException if listener is * null. * * @see #removeConnectionNotificationListener * @see javax.management.NotificationBroadcaster#addNotificationListener */ public void addConnectionNotificationListener(NotificationListener listener, NotificationFilter filter, Object handback); /** *

Removes a listener from the list to be informed of changes * in status. The listener must previously have been added. If * there is more than one matching listener, all are removed.

* * @param listener a listener to receive connection status * notifications. * * @exception NullPointerException if listener is * null. * * @exception ListenerNotFoundException if the listener is not * registered with this JMXConnector. * * @see #removeConnectionNotificationListener(NotificationListener, * NotificationFilter, Object) * @see #addConnectionNotificationListener * @see javax.management.NotificationEmitter#removeNotificationListener */ public void removeConnectionNotificationListener(NotificationListener listener) throws ListenerNotFoundException; /** *

Removes a listener from the list to be informed of changes * in status. The listener must previously have been added with * the same three parameters. If there is more than one matching * listener, only one is removed.

* * @param l a listener to receive connection status notifications. * @param f a filter to select which notifications are to be * delivered to the listener. Can be null. * @param handback an object to be given to the listener along * with each notification. Can be null. * * @exception ListenerNotFoundException if the listener is not * registered with this JMXConnector, or is not * registered with the given filter and handback. * * @see #removeConnectionNotificationListener(NotificationListener) * @see #addConnectionNotificationListener * @see javax.management.NotificationEmitter#removeNotificationListener */ public void removeConnectionNotificationListener(NotificationListener l, NotificationFilter f, Object handback) throws ListenerNotFoundException; /** *

Gets this connection's ID from the connector server. For a * given connector server, every connection will have a unique id * which does not change during the lifetime of the * connection.

* * @return the unique ID of this connection. This is the same as * the ID that the connector server includes in its {@link * JMXConnectionNotification}s. The {@link * javax.management.remote package description} describes the * conventions for connection IDs. * * @exception IOException if the connection ID cannot be obtained, * for instance because the connection is closed or broken. */ public String getConnectionId() throws IOException; }