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package org.snmp4j.agent.io;
import java.io.IOException;
/**
* The MOPersistenceProvider interface defines how persistent
* storage can be used to save and restore an agents state. The interface
* intentionally does not define how the persistence provider gets access
* to the agent's state.
*
* @author Frank Fock
* @version 1.2
*/
public interface MOPersistenceProvider {
/**
* Restore (load) agent state from the specified URI (can be as simple as
* a file path).
* @param uri
* a string pointing to the persistent storage from which the agent state
* should be restored from. The format of he string is specified by the
* persistence provider. A null value can be specified to
* let the persistence provider use its default URI. If that default URI
* is null too, a NullPointerException will be
* thrown.
* @param importMode
* specifies how the agent's current state should be update while
* restoring a previous state.
* @throws IOException
* if the restore operation fails.
* @since 1.2
*/
void restore(String uri, int importMode) throws IOException;
/**
* Stores the current agent state to persistent storage specified by the
* supplied URI.
* @param uri
* a string pointing to the persistent storage from which the agent state
* should be restored from. The format of the string is specified by the
* persistence provider. A null value can be specified to
* let the persistence provider use its default URI. If that default URI
* is null too, a NullPointerException will be
* thrown.
* @throws IOException
* if the store operation fails.
* @since 1.2
*/
void store(String uri) throws IOException;
/**
* Checks whether the supplied URI string is valid for this persistence
* provider.
* @param uri
* a string identifying a persistent storage location for this storage
* provider.
* @return
* true if the uri is valid, false
* otherwise.
* @since 1.2
*/
boolean isValidPersistenceURI(String uri);
/**
* Returns an unique ID of the persistence provider which should identify the
* format and type of the persistence provider.
* @return
* an 1-32 character long string that identifies the persistence provider.
* @since 1.2
*/
String getPersistenceProviderID();
/**
* Gets the URI of the default persistent storage for this provider.
* @return
* the URI (e.g. file path) for the default persistent storage location of
* this provider. A provider may use a different one. A null
* value indicates that there is no default location.
*/
String getDefaultURI();
}