Module.java

/**
 * This file is part of CloudML [ http://cloudml.org ]
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2012 - SINTEF ICT
 * Contact: Franck Chauvel <franck.chauvel@sintef.no>
 *
 * Module: root
 *
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 * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
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package org.cloudml.monitoring.status.modules;

import org.cloudml.connectors.Connector;


/**
 * @author Francesco di Forenza
 */
//the module receives a connector and uses it to retrieve the status of VMs
public interface Module {

    public enum Type {
        FLEXIANT_MONITOR, JCLOUDS_MONITOR, OPENSTACK_MONITOR, CLOUDSIGMA_MONITOR, CLOUDFOUNDRY_MONITOR
    }


    public void exec();

    public Type getType();

    public Object getConnector();


}