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3   _## SNMP4J-Agent - MOInput.java
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20
21
22 package org.snmp4j.agent.io;
23
24 import org.snmp4j.smi.Variable;
25 import java.io.IOException JavaDoc;
26
27 public interface MOInput {
28
29   /**
30    * Returns the update mode, which might be one of the constants defined
31    * by {@link ImportModes}.
32    * @return
33    * the constant denoting the update mode that should be used by a
34    * <code>SerializableManagedObject</code> to import its content from
35    * persistent storage.
36    */
37   int getImportMode();
38
39   Context readContext() throws IOException JavaDoc;
40   void skipContext(Context context) throws IOException JavaDoc;
41
42   MOInfo readManagedObject() throws IOException JavaDoc;
43
44   /**
45    * Skips to the end of the specified managed object's configuration.
46    * @param mo
47    * a MOInfo instance.
48    * @throws
49    * IOException
50    */
51   void skipManagedObject(MOInfo mo) throws IOException JavaDoc;
52
53   Variable readVariable() throws IOException JavaDoc;
54
55   Sequence readSequence() throws IOException JavaDoc;
56
57   IndexedVariables readIndexedVariables() throws IOException JavaDoc;
58
59
60 }
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