01: /*
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04: * as indicated by the @author tags. See the copyright.txt file in the
05: * distribution for a full listing of individual contributors.
06: *
07: * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
08: * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
09: * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of
10: * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
11: *
12: * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13: * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14: * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
15: * Lesser General Public License for more details.
16: *
17: * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
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20: * 02110-1301 USA, or see the FSF site: http://www.fsf.org.
21: */
22: package javax.management;
23:
24: /**
25: * This interface is used to gain access to descriptors of a JMX component.<p>
26: *
27: * ModelMBeans use this interface in ModelMBeanInfo classes.
28: *
29: * @see javax.management.Descriptor
30: * @see javax.management.modelmbean.ModelMBean
31: * @see javax.management.modelmbean.ModelMBeanInfo
32: *
33: * @author <a href="mailto:Adrian.Brock@HappeningTimes.com">Adrian Brock</a>.
34: * @version $Revision: 57200 $
35: *
36: */
37: public interface DescriptorAccess {
38: // Constants ---------------------------------------------------
39:
40: // Public ------------------------------------------------------
41:
42: /**
43: * Retrieves the descriptor.
44: *
45: * @return the descriptor.
46: */
47: public Descriptor getDescriptor();
48:
49: /**
50: * Sets the descriptor.
51: *
52: * @param inDescriptor the new descriptor.
53: */
54: public void setDescriptor(Descriptor inDescriptor);
55: }
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