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package org.snmp4j.agent.request;
import org.snmp4j.smi.VariableBinding;
import org.snmp4j.agent.MOScope;
import org.snmp4j.agent.ManagedObject;
import org.snmp4j.agent.MOQuery;
/**
* The SubRequest interface defines general sub-request
* properties and behavior.
*
* @author Frank Fock
* @version 2.2
*/
public interface SubRequest {
/**
* Indicates whether this (sub-)request has an error.
* @return
* true if this request (and thus also this sub-request) has
* an error status greater than zero.
*/
boolean hasError();
/**
* Sets the error status for this sub-request. Calling this method is a
* shortcut for {@link #getStatus()}.setErrorStatus(int errorStatus)
* .
* @param errorStatus
* a SNMPv2/v3 error status.
* @since 1.0.1
*/
void setErrorStatus(int errorStatus);
/**
* Gets the error status for this sub-request. Calling this method is a
* shortcut for {@link #getStatus()}.getErrorStatus()
* .
* @return
* a SNMPv2/v3 error status.
* @since 1.0.1
*/
int getErrorStatus();
/**
* Gets the status object associated with this sub-request.
* @return
* a RequestStatus instance.
*/
RequestStatus getStatus();
/**
* Gets the scope for this subrequest. The scope is solely defined by this
* sub-request and possible request processing that has already excluded
* managed objects from the scope of this sub-request.
* @return
* a MOScope instance.
*/
MOScope getScope();
/**
* Returns the variable binding associated with the sub-request. In order to
* process a sub-request this variable binding needs to be modified (if not
* an error condition prevents that).
* @return
* the VariableBinding that holds the sub-request result
* or operation parameter (in case of a SET request).
*/
VariableBinding getVariableBinding();
/**
* Gets the request this sub-request belongs to.
* @return
* a Request instance.
*/
Request getRequest();
/**
* Gets the undo value object associated with this sub-request.
* @return
* an Object that has previously been associated with this request by
* calling {@link #setUndoValue}.
*/
Object getUndoValue();
/**
* Associates an undo value object with this sub-request. The undo
* value is internally used by the SNMP4J-Agent API and should therefore
* not be altered externally. One exception to this rule is an implementation
* of the {@link ManagedObject} interface that does not extend any other
* API class.
*
* @param undoInformation
* an object that represents/contains all necessary information to undo
* this sub-request.
*/
void setUndoValue(Object undoInformation);
/**
* Marks the sub-request as completed. This is a shortcut for
* calling {@link #getStatus()} and then
* {@link RequestStatus#setPhaseComplete} to true.
*/
void completed();
/**
* Checks whether the sub-request has been completed and needs no further
* processing.
* @return
* true if the sub-request has been finished and should not
* be processed any more.
*/
boolean isComplete();
/**
* Sets the ManagedObject that is determined as the target object
* of this sub-request by the agent framework. For SET requests the target
* managed object is locked and referenced here to make sure that all locks
* are released when a request is answered. In addition, SET requests are
* processed in multiple phases and referencing the target managed objects
* increases performance.
*
* @param managedObject
* the ManagedObject responsible for processing this sub-
* request.
*/
void setTargetMO(ManagedObject managedObject);
/**
* Gets the ManagedObject that is responsible for processing
* this sub-request.
*
* @return
* ManagedObject instance.
*/
ManagedObject getTargetMO();
/**
* Returns the index of this subrequest in the request.
* @return
* the zero based index.
*/
int getIndex();
/**
* Sets the query associated with this subrequest. The query is not used
* by the request itself but may be stored here for further reference
* while processing this sub-requests.
*
* @param query
* a MOQuery instance representing the query resulting from
* this sub-request.
*/
void setQuery(MOQuery query);
/**
* Gets the query previously associated with this sub-request. A sub-request
* is associated during requests processing with a instrumentation query.
* @return
* a MOQuery that describes which manage objects match
* this sub-request.
*/
MOQuery getQuery();
/**
* Returns an iterator on the repetitions of this sub-request. On requests
* other than GETBULK requests this method returns an empty iterator.
* @return
* a SubRequestIterator enumerating the repetitions on this sub-requests
* starting with this sub-request.
*/
SubRequestIterator repetitions();
/**
* Updates the next repetition's scope and reset any previously set query
* to null. The scope of the next repetition is updated
* according to the value of this variable binding. If this sub-request
* has an error status or exception value, the following repetitions are
* set to the same value and exception. Otherwise, the scope of the following
* sub-request is the open interval from this sub-request's OID
* (not-including) to any OID value.
*/
void updateNextRepetition();
/**
* Gets the user object that has previously associated with this sub-request.
*
* @return
* an object.
* @since 1.0.1
*/
Object getUserObject();
/**
* Sets the user object. The user object can be used to associate resources
* or any other type of information necessary for a managed object instance
* to process a SNMP request. When the request is processed, this reference
* will be set to null.
*
* @param userObject
* an object that is not processed or interpreted by the agent API.
* @since 1.0.1
*/
void setUserObject(Object userObject);
}
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