start 

Starts the component; the semantics of this operation is left to the implementation. 

restart 

Restarts the component; the semantics of this operation is left to the implementation. 

stop 

Stops the component; the semantics of this operation is left to the implementation. 

getStatus 

Returns the status. 

getProperties 

Returns the properties. 

isStartable 

Determines whether a "start" button would be presented to the user. 

isRestartable 

Determines whether a "restart" button would be presented to the user. 

isStoppable 

Determines whether a "stop" button would be presented to the user. 

getType 

Returns the type of the adapter—monitored component. 

getConfiguration 

Returns the adapter—monitored component's configuration.  

getState 

Returns the state of the adapter—monitored component. 

getTargetState 

Returns the target state of the adapter—monitored component. This is the state that the adapter component is or was changing to. This status may be different from that returned by getState(). 

getRAConfiguration 

Returns the adapter's metadata details.