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package org.apache.geode.internal.admin;

import org.apache.geode.distributed.internal.DM;
import org.apache.geode.distributed.internal.InternalDistributedSystem;
// import java.util.*;

/**
 * This interface is the point of entry into a GemFire distributed system for the admin API. It
 * provides methods for discovering the nodes of a system, registering listeners for nodes which
 * join and leave the system, and for accessing known peers of the manager agent to be used for
 * failover.
 */
public interface GfManagerAgent {

  /**
   * Disconnects this agent from the distributed system.
   * 
   * @return true if this call resulted in being disconnected
   */
  public boolean disconnect();

  /**
   * Returns whether or not the agent is connected to the distributed system.
   */
  public boolean isConnected();

  /**
   * Returns whether or not this manager agent has created admin objects for the initial members of
   * the distributed system.
   *
   * @since GemFire 4.0
   */
  public boolean isInitialized();

  /**
   * Returns whether or not the agent is listening for messages from the distributed system.
   */
  public boolean isListening();

  /**
   * Returns information about the application VMs that are members of the distributed system.
   */
  public ApplicationVM[] listApplications();

  /**
   * Returns a list of the other distributed systems that this agent knows about. Currently (GemFire
   * 3.0) the agent does not know about any other distributed systems.
   */
  public GfManagerAgent[] listPeers();

  /**
   * Registers a <code>JoinLeaveListener</code>. on this agent that is notified when membership in
   * the distributed system changes.
   */
  public void addJoinLeaveListener(JoinLeaveListener observer);

  /**
   * Sets the <code>CacheCollector</code> to which this agent delivers {@link CacheSnapshot}s.
   */
  public void setCacheCollector(CacheCollector collector);

  /**
   * Deregisters a <code>JoinLeaveListener</code> from this agent.
   */
  public void removeJoinLeaveListener(JoinLeaveListener observer);

  // public void addSnapshotListener(SnapshotListener listener);

  // public void removeSnapshotListener(SnapshotListener listener);

  /**
   * Returns the distribution manager used by this manager agent.
   *
   * @since GemFire 3.5
   */
  public DM getDM();

  /**
   * Sets the alert level for this manager agent.
   */
  public void setAlertLevel(int level);

  /**
   * Returns the distributed system that is administered by this agent.
   *
   * @since GemFire 4.0
   */
  public InternalDistributedSystem getDSConnection();

}