RelationType


1   /*
2    * @(#)RelationType.java    1.17 03/12/19
3    * 
4    * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
5    * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
6    */
7   
8   package javax.management.relation;
9   
10  import java.util.ArrayList  ; // for Javadoc
11  import java.util.List  ;
12  
13  import java.io.Serializable  ;
14  
15  /**
16   * The RelationType interface has to be implemented by any class expected to
17   * represent a relation type.
18   *
19   * @since 1.5
20   */
21  public interface RelationType extends Serializable   {
22  
23      //
24      // Accessors
25      //
26  
27      /**
28       * Returns the relation type name.
29       *
30       * @return the relation type name.
31       */
32      public String   getRelationTypeName();
33  
34      /**
35       * Returns the list of role definitions (ArrayList of RoleInfo objects).
36       *
37       * @return an {@link ArrayList} of {@link RoleInfo}.
38       */
39      public List   getRoleInfos();
40  
41      /**
42       * Returns the role info (RoleInfo object) for the given role info name
43       * (null if not found).
44       *
45       * @param theRoleInfoName  role info name
46       *
47       * @return RoleInfo object providing role definition
48       * does not exist
49       *
50       * @exception IllegalArgumentException  if null parameter
51       * @exception RoleInfoNotFoundException  if no role info with that name in
52       * relation type.
53       */
54      public RoleInfo   getRoleInfo(String   theRoleInfoName)
55      throws IllegalArgumentException  ,
56             RoleInfoNotFoundException  ;
57  }
58

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