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package org.snmp4j.agent.mo.snmp;
import org.snmp4j.smi.OctetString;
import org.snmp4j.smi.Address;
/**
* A CoexistenceInfoProvider provides access to coexistence
* information.
*
* @author Frank Fock
* @version 1.2.1
*/
public interface CoexistenceInfoProvider {
/**
* Gets the information needed for community based security protocols to
* coexistence with the SNMPv3 security model.
*
* @param community
* a community OctetString that identifies the coexistence information
* required.
* @return
* the CoexistenceInfo instances with security name,
* context engine ID, context, and optionally a transport tag
*/
CoexistenceInfo[] getCoexistenceInfo(OctetString community);
/**
* Returns the community associated with the supplied security name.
* @param securityName
* the security name.
* @param contextEngineID
* the context engine ID of the remote target (when proxying) otherwise
* the local engine ID.
* @param contextName
* the context name (default is an empty string).
* @return OctetString
* the associated community string or null if such an
* association does not exists.
*/
OctetString getCommunity(OctetString securityName,
OctetString contextEngineID,
OctetString contextName);
/**
* Checks whether the supplied address passes the source address filtering
* provided for community based security models.
*
* @param address
* the source Address of a SNMP message.
* @param coexistenceInfo
* a set of coexistence information (returned by
* {@link #getCoexistenceInfo}) that provides the transport tag
* used to identify allowed source addresses. On return, the maximum
* message size attribute of the coexistence info set will be set
* according to the values defined for the matched source address in
* the snmpTargetAddrExtTable.
* @return
* true if the address passes the filter, false
* otherwise.
*/
boolean passesFilter(Address address, CoexistenceInfo coexistenceInfo);
}