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// import com.sun.jmx.snmp.SnmpIndex;
/**
* This interface models an SNMP sub request to be performed on a specific
* SNMP MIB node. The node involved can be either an SNMP group, an SNMP table,
* or an SNMP table entry (conceptual row). The conceptual row may or may not
* already exist. If the row did not exist at the time when the request
* was received, the <CODE>isNewEntry()</CODE> method will return <CODE>
* true</CODE>.
* <p>
* Objects implementing this interface will be allocated by the SNMP engine.
* You will never need to implement this interface. You will only use it.
* </p>
* <p><b>This API is a Sun Microsystems internal API and is subject
* to change without notice.</b></p>
*/
/**
* Return the list of varbind to be handled by the SNMP MIB node.
* <p>
* <b>Note:</b> <ul>
* <i>In case of SET operation, if this node is a table row which
* contains a control variable (as identified by the table's
* isRowStatus() method) the control variable will not
* be included in this list: it will be obtained by calling
* getRowStatusVarBind(). This will allow you to handle the control
* variable specifically.</i><br>
* You will never need to worry about this unless you need to
* implement a non standard mechanism for handling row
* creation and deletion.
* </ul>
* <p>
* @return The elements of the enumeration are instances of
* {@link com.sun.jmx.snmp.SnmpVarBind}
*/
/**
* Return the list of varbind to be handled by the SNMP MIB node.
* <p>
* <b>Note:</b> <ul>
* <i>In case of SET operation, if this node is a table row which
* contains a control variable (as identified by the table's
* isRowStatus() method) the control variable will not
* be included in this list: it will be obtained by calling
* getRowStatusVarBind(). This will allow you to handle the control
* variable specifically.</i><br>
* You will never need to worry about this unless you need to
* implement a non standard mechanism for handling row
* creation and deletion.
* </ul>
* <p>
* @return The elements of the vector are instances of
* {@link com.sun.jmx.snmp.SnmpVarBind}
*/
/**
* Return the part of the OID identifying the table entry involved.
* <p>
*
* @return {@link com.sun.jmx.snmp.SnmpOid} or <CODE>null</CODE>
* if the request is not directed to an entry.
*/
/**
* Indicate whether the entry involved is a new entry.
* This method will return <CODE>true</CODE> if the entry was not
* found when the request was processed. As a consequence, <CODE>
* true</CODE> means that either the entry does not exist yet,
* or it has been created while processing this request.
* The result of this method is only significant when an entry
* is involved.
*
* <p>
* @return <CODE>true</CODE> If the entry did not exist,
* or <CODE>false</CODE> if the entry involved was found.
*/
public boolean isNewEntry();
/**
* Return the varbind that holds the RowStatus variable.
* It corresponds to the varbind that was identified by
* the <code>isRowStatus()</code> method generated by mibgen
* on {@link com.sun.jmx.snmp.agent.SnmpMibTable} derivatives.
* <ul><li>In SMIv2, it is the varbind which contains the columnar
* object implementing the RowStatus TEXTUAL-CONVENTION.</li>
* <li>In SMIv1 nothing special is generated</li>
* <ul>You may however subclass the generated table metadata
* class in order to provide your own implementation of
* isRowStatus(), getRowAction(), isRowReady() and
* setRowStatus()
* (see {@link com.sun.jmx.snmp.agent.SnmpMibTable}).</ul>
* </ul>
* <p>
* @return a varbind that serves to control the table modification.
* <code>null</code> means that no such varbind could be
* identified.<br>
* <b>Note:</b><i>The runtime will only try to identify
* the RowStatus varbind when processing an
* SNMP SET request. In this case, the identified
* varbind will not be included in the set of varbinds
* returned by getSubList() and getElements().
* </i>
*
**/
/**
* This method should be called when a status exception needs to
* be raised for a given varbind of an SNMP GET request. This method
* performs all the necessary conversions (SNMPv1 <=> SNMPv2) and
* propagates the exception if needed:
* If the version is SNMP v1, the exception is propagated.
* If the version is SNMP v2, the exception is stored in the varbind.
* This method also takes care of setting the correct value of the
* index field.
* <p>
*
* @param varbind The varbind for which the exception is
* registered. Note that this varbind <b>must</b> have
* been obtained from the enumeration returned by
* <CODE>getElements()</CODE>, or from the vector
* returned by <CODE>getSubList()</CODE>
*
* @param exception The exception to be registered for the given varbind.
*
*/
throws SnmpStatusException;
/**
* This method should be called when a status exception needs to
* be raised for a given varbind of an SNMP SET request. This method
* performs all the necessary conversions (SNMPv1 <=> SNMPv2) and
* propagates the exception if needed.
* This method also takes care of setting the correct value of the
* index field.
* <p>
*
* @param varbind The varbind for which the exception is
* registered. Note that this varbind <b>must</b> have
* been obtained from the enumeration returned by
* <CODE>getElements()</CODE>, or from the vector
* returned by <CODE>getSubList()</CODE>
*
* @param exception The exception to be registered for the given varbind.
*
*/
throws SnmpStatusException;
/**
* This method should be called when a status exception needs to
* be raised when checking a given varbind for an SNMP SET request.
* This method performs all the necessary conversions (SNMPv1 <=>
* SNMPv2) and propagates the exception if needed.
* This method also takes care of setting the correct value of the
* index field.
* <p>
*
* @param varbind The varbind for which the exception is
* registered. Note that this varbind <b>must</b> have
* been obtained from the enumeration returned by
* <CODE>getElements()</CODE>, or from the vector
* returned by <CODE>getSubList()</CODE>
*
* @param exception The exception to be registered for the given varbind.
*
*/
throws SnmpStatusException;
}