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package org.snmp4j.agent;
/**
* The ProxyForwarder class represents a proxy forwarder instance
* as defined by RFC 3413.
*
* @author Frank Fock
* @version 1.0
*/
public interface ProxyForwarder {
int PROXY_TYPE_ALL = 0;
int PROXY_TYPE_READ = 1;
int PROXY_TYPE_WRITE = 2;
int PROXY_TYPE_NOTIFY = 3;
int PROXY_TYPE_INFORM = 4;
/**
* Forwards a Request if it matches the criteria defined
* by the SNMP-PROXY-MIB associated with this proxy forwarder.
* @param request
* the proxy forward request. If the request has been forwarded
* successfully to a single target, then the responsePDU
* will be set to the response PDU received from the target entity.
* @return
* true if the request has been forwarded, false
* otherwise.
*/
boolean forward(ProxyForwardRequest request);
}