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package org.snmp4j.agent.io;
import org.snmp4j.smi.Variable;
import java.io.IOException;
/**
* The MOInput models the interface for reading ManagedObject
* data into a SNMP4J-Agent in a generic way.
*
* @author Frank Fock
* @version 1.2
*/
public interface MOInput {
/**
* Returns the update mode, which might be one of the constants defined
* by {@link ImportModes}.
* @return
* the constant denoting the update mode that should be used by a
* SerializableManagedObject to import its content from
* persistent storage.
*/
int getImportMode();
Context readContext() throws IOException;
void skipContext(Context context) throws IOException;
MOInfo readManagedObject() throws IOException;
/**
* Skips to the end of the specified managed object's configuration.
* @param mo
* a MOInfo instance.
* @throws
* IOException
*/
void skipManagedObject(MOInfo mo) throws IOException;
Variable readVariable() throws IOException;
Sequence readSequence() throws IOException;
IndexedVariables readIndexedVariables() throws IOException;
void close() throws IOException;
}