org.jboss.jmx.interfaces
Interface JMXConnectorMBean

All Superinterfaces:

JMXConnector

All Known Implementing Classes:

RMIClientConnectorImpl

public interface JMXConnectorMBean

extends JMXConnector

Client Side JMX Connector to be used in conjunction with a server/protocol selector. It contains the additional methods the client connector has to offer to open a connection to the server and at the end to close it.

Author:

Andreas "Mad" Schaefer

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getServerDescription() Delivers the actual server description to which the client is connected to
boolean	isAlive() Indicates if the connection is alive and ready to serve
void	start(java.lang.Object pServer) Initialize the client connector to a given server side JMX Connector
void	stop() Stops the client connector, remove the remote connection and frees the resources.

Methods inherited from interface org.jboss.jmx.interfaces.JMXConnector

addNotificationListener, addNotificationListener, createMBean, createMBean, createMBean, createMBean, deserialize, deserialize, deserialize, getAttribute, getAttributes, getDefaultDomain, getMBeanCount, getMBeanInfo, getObjectInstance, instantiate, instantiate, instantiate, instantiate, invoke, isInstanceOf, isRegistered, queryMBeans, queryNames, registerMBean, removeNotificationListener, removeNotificationListener, setAttribute, setAttributes, unregisterMBean

Method Detail

start

public void start(java.lang.Object pServer)
           throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Initialize the client connector to a given server side JMX Connector

Parameters:

pServer - Server indentification (because I do not know the necessary type for a general server ident. I choose Object)

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - If the given server is not valid or not recognized by the connector implementation

stop

public void stop()

Stops the client connector, remove the remote connection and frees the resources.

isAlive

public boolean isAlive()

Indicates if the connection is alive and ready to serve

Returns:

True if the connection is alive

getServerDescription

public java.lang.String getServerDescription()

Delivers the actual server description to which the client is connected to

Returns:

Description of the server the client is connected to or null if there is no connection