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package org.opends.server.api;



import java.util.LinkedHashMap;

import org.opends.server.types.DN;



/**
 * This class defines an interface that may be used to define a set of
 * alert notifications that may be generated by this Directory Server
 * component.  The notifications will be made available through JMX
 * and may be published through other mechanisms as well.
 */
@org.opends.server.types.PublicAPI(
     stability=org.opends.server.types.StabilityLevel.VOLATILE,
     mayInstantiate=false,
     mayExtend=true,
     mayInvoke=false)
public interface AlertGenerator
{
  /**
   * Retrieves the DN of the configuration entry with which this alert
   * generator is associated.
   *
   * @return  The DN of the configuration entry with which this alert
   *          generator is associated.
   */
  public DN getComponentEntryDN();



  /**
   * Retrieves the fully-qualified name of the Java class for this
   * alert generator implementation.
   *
   * @return  The fully-qualified name of the Java class for this
   *          alert generator implementation.
   */
  public String getClassName();



  /**
   * Retrieves information about the set of alerts that this generator
   * may produce.  The map returned should be between the notification
   * type for a particular notification and the human-readable
   * description for that notification.  This alert generator must not
   * generate any alerts with types that are not contained in this
   * list.
   *
   * @return  Information about the set of alerts that this generator
   *          may produce.
   */
  public LinkedHashMap<String,String> getAlerts();
}