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package javax.management.remote;
import javax.management.MBeanServer;
/**
* <p>An object of this class implements the MBeanServer interface and
* wraps another object that also implements that interface.
* Typically, an implementation of this interface performs some action
* in some or all methods of the <code>MBeanServer</code> interface
* before and/or after forwarding the method to the wrapped object.
* Examples include security checking and logging.</p>
*
* @since 1.5
*/
public interface MBeanServerForwarder extends MBeanServer {
/**
* Returns the MBeanServer object to which requests will be forwarded.
*
* @return the MBeanServer object to which requests will be forwarded,
* or null if there is none.
*
* @see #setMBeanServer
*/
public MBeanServer getMBeanServer();
/**
* Sets the MBeanServer object to which requests will be forwarded
* after treatment by this object.
*
* @param mbs the MBeanServer object to which requests will be forwarded.
*
* @exception IllegalArgumentException if this object is already
* forwarding to an MBeanServer object or if <code>mbs</code> is
* null or if <code>mbs</code> is identical to this object.
*
* @see #getMBeanServer
*/
public void setMBeanServer(MBeanServer mbs);
}