/***************************************************************************
* *
* Report.java *
* ------------------- *
* date : 15.08.2005 *
* copyright : (C) 2004-2008 Distributed and *
* Mobile Systems Group *
* Lehrstuhl fuer Praktische Informatik *
* Universitaet Bamberg *
* http://www.uni-bamberg.de/pi/ *
* email : sven.kaffille@uni-bamberg.de *
* karsten.loesing@uni-bamberg.de *
* *
* *
***************************************************************************/
/***************************************************************************
* *
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify *
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by *
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or *
* (at your option) any later version. *
* *
* A copy of the license can be found in the license.txt file supplied *
* with this software or at: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html *
* *
***************************************************************************/
package de.uniba.wiai.lspi.chord.service;
/**
* Provides the user application with methods for retrieving internal
* information about the state of a Chord node, e.g. entries or references.
*
* @author Karsten Loesing
* @version 1.0.5
*/
public interface Report {
/**
* Returns a formatted String containing all entries stored on this node.
*
* @return Formatted String containing all entries stored on this node.
*/
public abstract String printEntries();
/**
* Returns a formatted String containing all references stored in the finger
* table of this node.
*
* @return Formatted String containing all references stored in the finger
* table of this node.
*/
public abstract String printFingerTable();
/**
* Returns a formatted String containing all references stored in the
* successor list of this node.
*
* @return Formatted String containing all references stored in the
* successor list of this node.
*/
public abstract String printSuccessorList();
/**
* Returns a formatted String containing all references stored on this node.
*
* @return Formatted String containing all references stored on this node.
*/
public abstract String printReferences();
/**
* Returns a formatted String containing the predecessor reference of this
* node.
*
* @return Formatted String containing the predecessor reference of this
* node.
*/
public abstract String printPredecessor();
}