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/*
* (C) Copyright IBM Corp. 2019,2020
*
* SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
*/
package com.ibm.ta.sdk.spi.collect;
import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.util.List;
/**
* Most middleware installations support many running instances of the middleware. Each of these instance is
* generically represent as an {@code AssessmentUnitMetadataJson}. Examples of assessment units include profiles in WebSphere
* Application Server, or Queue Managers in WebSphere MQ.
*
* All collected artifacts for an assessment unit exist in a separate subdirectory, by the asssessment unit name,
* in the output directory.
*
*/
public interface AssessmentUnit {
/**
* Name of the assessment unit.
*
* @return Assessment unit name
*/
String getName();
/**
* {}@code JsonObject} containing information and configurations of the assessment unit. This information
* could be used later in the assess stage to identify issues. It is a good practice to gather as much
* configuration information as possible. In the future there may be support to re-run assessments on collected data,
* without having to re-run collection again. New rules could be added to re-assess and generate new
* recommendations on the existing data. This would only work if the original data collected is broad and
* detailed.
*
*
In the output directory of the assessment unit, the {}@code JsonObject} returned from this method
* {@link #getAssessmentData()} is written to a file with the same name as the assessment unit.
*
* @return Data for the assessment unit in a {@code JsonObject}
*/
JsonObject getAssessmentData();
/**
* In addition to the assessment data, configuration files for an assessment unit could be collected and used later
* during assessment to identify issues.
*
*
The configuration files returned from this method are copied to the output directory of the assessment unit.
* The directory tree of configuration file is retained in the output directory. File /tmp/config.json would
* exist in the output directory in this path output/[assessment unit name]/tmp/config.json.
*
*
The collected data could be exported to an external location. If it possible the all collected config files
* are free of sensitive information. {@link #getContentMasks()} could be used to filter out sensitive information
* from the config files.
*
* @return {@code List} of {@code Path} of files on the filesystem or jar archive that will be copied to
* the assessment unit's output directory. Return an empty list if no config files are to be collected.
*/
List getConfigFiles();
/**
* {@link ContentMask} could be used to filter out sensitive information, such as passwords, from the
* {@link #getConfigFiles()} files collected.
*
* @return {@code List} of {@code ContentMask} that will be applied to the config files to remove sensitive
* information. Return an empty list if no content masks exist.
*/
List getContentMasks();
}