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package org.snmp4j.agent.cfg;
/**
* An EngineBootsProvider holds persistently the number of engine
* boots.
*
* @author Frank Fock
* @version 1.2
*/
public interface EngineBootsProvider {
/**
* Returns the current engine boot counter value incremented by one. If
* that number would by greater than 2^31-1 then one is returned. The
* engine boots provider has to make sure that the returned value is
* persistently stored before the method returns.
*
* @return
* the last engine boots counter incremented by one.
*/
public int updateEngineBoots();
/**
* Returns current engine boot counter value.
* @return
* the last engine boots counter.
*/
public int getEngineBoots();
}