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0N/Apackage javax.management.remote;
0N/A
0N/Aimport java.io.IOException;
0N/Aimport java.util.Map;
0N/A
0N/A/**
0N/A * <p>A provider for creating JMX API connector clients using a given
0N/A * protocol. Instances of this interface are created by {@link
0N/A * JMXConnectorFactory} as part of its {@link
0N/A * JMXConnectorFactory#newJMXConnector(JMXServiceURL, Map)
0N/A * newJMXConnector} method.</p>
0N/A *
0N/A * @since 1.5
0N/A */
0N/Apublic interface JMXConnectorProvider {
0N/A /**
0N/A * <p>Creates a new connector client that is ready to connect
0N/A * to the connector server at the given address. Each successful
0N/A * call to this method produces a different
0N/A * <code>JMXConnector</code> object.</p>
0N/A *
0N/A * @param serviceURL the address of the connector server to connect to.
0N/A *
0N/A * @param environment a read-only Map containing named attributes
0N/A * to determine how the connection is made. Keys in this map must
0N/A * be Strings. The appropriate type of each associated value
0N/A * depends on the attribute.</p>
0N/A *
0N/A * @return a <code>JMXConnector</code> representing the new
0N/A * connector client. Each successful call to this method produces
0N/A * a different object.
0N/A *
0N/A * @exception NullPointerException if <code>serviceURL</code> or
0N/A * <code>environment</code> is null.
0N/A *
0N/A * @exception IOException It is recommended for a provider
0N/A * implementation to throw {@code MalformedURLException} if the
0N/A * protocol in the {@code serviceURL} is not recognized by this
0N/A * provider, {@code JMXProviderException} if this is a provider
0N/A * for the protocol in {@code serviceURL} but it cannot be used
0N/A * for some reason or any other {@code IOException} if the
0N/A * connection cannot be made because of a communication problem.
0N/A */
0N/A public JMXConnector newJMXConnector(JMXServiceURL serviceURL,
0N/A Map<String,?> environment)
0N/A throws IOException;
0N/A}