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21
22 package org.snmp4j.agent;
23
24 /**
25  * The <code>ProxyForwarder</code> class represents a proxy forwarder instance
26  * as defined by RFC 3413.
27  *
28  * @author Frank Fock
29  * @version 1.0
30  */
31 public interface ProxyForwarder {
32
33   int PROXY_TYPE_ALL = 0;
34   int PROXY_TYPE_READ = 1;
35   int PROXY_TYPE_WRITE = 2;
36   int PROXY_TYPE_NOTIFY = 3;
37   int PROXY_TYPE_INFORM = 4;
38
39   /**
40    * Forwards a <code>Request</code> if it matches the criteria defined
41    * by the SNMP-PROXY-MIB associated with this proxy forwarder.
42    * @param request
43    * the proxy forward request. If the request has been forwarded
44    * successfully to a single target, then the <code>responsePDU</code>
45    * will be set to the response PDU received from the target entity.
46    * @return
47    * <code>true</code> if the request has been forwarded, <code>false</code>
48    * otherwise.
49    */
50   boolean forward(ProxyForwardRequest request);
51
52 }
53
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