/**
* Helios, OpenSource Monitoring
* Brought to you by the Helios Development Group
*
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* as indicated by the @author tags. See the copyright.txt file in the
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*
* This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
* under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
* published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of
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*
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*
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package org.helios.collector.core;
/**
* <p>Title: Collector</p>
* <p>Description: Interface for all collectors</p>
* <p>Company: Helios Development Group</p>
* @author Sandeep Malhotra (smalhotra@heliosdev.org)
*/
public interface Collector {
//public void preInit();
public void init();
public void initCollector();
//public void postInit();
public void start() throws Exception;
public void preStart();
public void startCollector();
public void postStart();
public void collect();
public void preCollect();
public CollectionResult collectCallback() throws CollectorException;
public void postCollect();
public void stop() throws Exception;
public void preStop();
public void stopCollector();
public void postStop();
public void reset();
//public void preReset();
public void resetCollector();
//public void postReset();
public void destroy() throws Exception;
//public void preDestroy();
public void destroyCollector();
//public void postDestroy();
//public boolean isRunning();
//public String getState();
//public long getCollectPeriod();
//public void setCollectPeriod(long period);
//public void startCollector(long seconds);
}