2.7.4 SNMP Manager API

The SNMP manager API simplifies the development of Java applications for managing SNMP agents. Its classes represent SNMP manager concepts such as sessions, parameters, and peers through Java objects. Using this API, you can develop an application that can issue requests to SNMP agents.

For example, you could create an SNMP resource using the SNMP manager API. You would define a management interface that corresponds to your resource's MIB, in which variables are easily mapped as MBean attributes. In response to calls on the attribute getters and setters, your MBean would construct and issue an SNMP request to the SNMP agent that represents the resource.

The SNMP manager API supports requests in the SNMP v1, v2 or v3 protocol, including inform requests for communicating between SNMP managers. The manager API is used to access any compliant SNMP agent, including those developed with the use of the Java DMK.