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package org.jboss.cache.invalidation.bridges;

import org.jboss.cache.invalidation.InvalidationManagerMBean;
import org.jboss.ha.framework.interfaces.HAPartition;
import org.jboss.system.ServiceMBean;

/**
 * MBean interface for JGroups cache invalidation bridge.
 * The partition to be used and the invalidation manager can be defined as part
 * of the MBean interface.
 * The bridge automatically discovers the InvalidationGroups that are
 * managed by other nodes of the cluster and only sends invalidation information
 * for these groups over the network. This makes this bridge very easy to setup
 * while still being efficient with network resources and CPU serialization cost.
 *
 * @see JGCacheInvalidationBridge
 * @see org.jboss.cache.invalidation.InvalidationManager
 *
 * @author  <a href="mailto:sacha.labourey@cogito-info.ch">Sacha Labourey</a>.
 * @version $Revision: 81001 $
 *
 * <p><b>Revisions:</b>
 *
 * <p><b>24 septembre 2002 Sacha Labourey:</b>
 * <ul>
 * <li> First implementation </li>
 * </ul>
 */

public interface JGCacheInvalidationBridgeMBean extends ServiceMBean
{
   /** 
    * Gets the name of the partition to be used to exchange invalidation messages 
    * and discover which caches (i.e., InvalidationGroup)are available.  This is a 
    * convenience method as the partition name is an attribute of HAPartition.
    * 
    * @return the name of the partition
    */
   String getPartitionName();
   
   /**
    * Get the underlying partition used by this service to exchange
    * invalidation messages and discover which caches (i.e., InvalidationGroup)
    * are available.
    * 
    * @return the partition
    */
   HAPartition getHAPartition();
   
   /**
    * Sets the underlying partition used by this service to exchange
    * invalidation messages and discover which caches (i.e., InvalidationGroup)
    * are available
    * 
    * @param clusterPartition the partition
    */
   void setHAPartition(HAPartition clusterPartition);
   
   /**
    * Get the invalidation bridge name.
    * 
    * @return the invalidation bridge name
    */
   public String getBridgeName();
   
   /**
    * Set the invalidation bridge name
    * 
    * @param name of the bridge
    */
   public void setBridgeName(String name);
   
   /**
    * Get the InvalidationManager
    */
   public InvalidationManagerMBean getInvalidationManager();
   
   /**
    * Set the InvalidationManager
    */
   public void setInvalidationManager(InvalidationManagerMBean manager);
   
}