com.jrockit.mc.rjmx.subscription
Interface IAttributeInfoService

public interface IAttributeInfoService

Manages IAttributeInfos and meta data associated with IAttributeInfos. This is one of the standard services usually available from an IConnectionHandle.

Author:

Marcus Hirt, Mattias Jo\xEBlson

Method Summary

IAttributeInfo	getAttributeInfo(AttributeDescriptor descriptor) Returns the basic IAttributeInfo associated with an AttributeDescriptor.
java.util.Map<AttributeDescriptor,IAttributeInfo>	getAvailableAttributes() Returns a map (<AttributeDescriptor, IAttributeInfo>) with all known attributes.
java.util.Map<AttributeDescriptor,IAttributeInfo>	getAvailableAttributes(javax.management.ObjectName mbeanName) Returns a map (<AttributeDescriptor, IAttributeInfo>) with all known attributes for given MBean.
java.lang.Object	getMetaData(AttributeDescriptor descriptor, java.lang.String dataKey) Looks up the specified piece of meta-data associated with the specified attribute.
void	setMetaData(AttributeDescriptor descriptor, java.lang.String dataKey, java.lang.Object data) Updates the meta-data associated with the attribute.

Method Detail

getAvailableAttributes

java.util.Map<AttributeDescriptor,IAttributeInfo> getAvailableAttributes()

Returns a map (<AttributeDescriptor, IAttributeInfo>) with all known attributes.

Returns:

a map (<AttributeDescriptor, IAttributeInfo>) with all known attributes.

getAvailableAttributes

java.util.Map<AttributeDescriptor,IAttributeInfo> getAvailableAttributes(javax.management.ObjectName mbeanName)

Returns a map (<AttributeDescriptor, IAttributeInfo>) with all known attributes for given MBean.

Parameters:

mbeanName - the MBean to find attributes for

Returns:

a map (<AttributeDescriptor, IAttributeInfo>) with all known attributes for given MBean.

getAttributeInfo

IAttributeInfo getAttributeInfo(AttributeDescriptor descriptor)

Returns the basic IAttributeInfo associated with an AttributeDescriptor.

Returns:

the basic IAttributeInfo associated with an AttributeDescriptor.

getMetaData

java.lang.Object getMetaData(AttributeDescriptor descriptor,
                             java.lang.String dataKey)

Looks up the specified piece of meta-data associated with the specified attribute.

Parameters:

descriptor - the attribute for which to retrieve the data.

dataKey - the key for the data to retrieve.

Returns:

the meta-data resulting from the lookup, or null if no such data exist.

setMetaData

void setMetaData(AttributeDescriptor descriptor,
                 java.lang.String dataKey,
                 java.lang.Object data)

Updates the meta-data associated with the attribute.

Parameters:

descriptor - the attribute descriptor.

dataKey - the data key under which to store the meta-data.

data - the actual meta data.