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/**
 * This is the management interface explicitly defined for the
 * "SimpleStandard" standard MBean.
 *
 * The "SimpleStandard" standard MBean implements this interface
 * in order to be manageable through a JMX agent.
 *
 * The "SimpleStandardMBean" interface shows how to expose for management:
 * - a read/write attribute (named "State") through its getter and setter
 *   methods,
 * - a read-only attribute (named "NbChanges") through its getter method,
 * - an operation (named "reset").
 */
public interface SimpleStandardMBean {

    /**
     * Getter: set the "State" attribute of the "SimpleStandard" standard
     * MBean.
     *
     * @return the current value of the "State" attribute.
     */
    public String getState();

    /**
     * Setter: set the "State" attribute of the "SimpleStandard" standard
     * MBean.
     *
     * @param <VAR>s</VAR> the new value of the "State" attribute.
     */
    public void setState(String s);

    /**
     * Getter: get the "NbChanges" attribute of the "SimpleStandard" standard
     * MBean.
     *
     * @return the current value of the "NbChanges" attribute.
     */
    public int getNbChanges();

    /**
     * Operation: reset to their initial values the "State" and "NbChanges"
     * attributes of the "SimpleStandard" standard MBean.
     */
    public void reset();
}