PluginDeploymentScannerMBean.java

/*
 * RHQ Management Platform
 * Copyright (C) 2005-2008 Red Hat, Inc.
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package org.rhq.enterprise.server.core.plugin;

import javax.management.ObjectName;

import org.rhq.core.clientapi.agent.metadata.PluginMetadataManager;
import org.rhq.core.util.ObjectNameFactory;

public interface PluginDeploymentScannerMBean {
    /**
     * The name this service will be registered as.
     */
    ObjectName OBJECT_NAME = ObjectNameFactory.create("rhq:service=PluginDeploymentScanner");

    void start() throws Exception;

    void stop();

    /**
     * This is called separately from the start/stop lifecycle methods. It should only be called
     * when we know the EJB/SLSB layer is fully initialized and ready to accept requests.
     */
    void startDeployment();

    /**
     * This will scan the database for new/updated plugins and if it finds
     * any, will write the content as plugin files in the file system. This
     * will also delete old, obsolete plugins.
     * 
     * @see #scanAndRegister()
     */
    void scan() throws Exception;

    /**
     * This will scan the database for new/updated plugins and if it finds
     * any, will write the content as plugin files in the file system. This
     * will also delete old, obsolete plugins. Once finished, this will register
     * agent plugins and update the database as appropriate.
     */
    void scanAndRegister() throws Exception;

    // https://issues.jboss.org/browse/AS7-5343 forces us to change the attribute values as Strings

    /**
     * Sets the amount of time (in milliseconds) between scans.
     *
     * @param ms time in millis between each scans
     */
    //void setScanPeriod(Long ms);
    void setScanPeriod(String ms);

    /**
     * Gets the amount of time (in milliseconds) between scans.
     *
     * @return the time in millis between each scans
     */
    //Long getScanPeriod();
    String getScanPeriod();

    /**
     * Sets the directory where the user can place agent or server plugin jars.
     * The scanner will move plugins found here to their appropriate internal
     * locations based on the kind of plugins it finds.
     *
     * @param name the name of the plugins dir where the user can copy plugins
     */
    //void setUserPluginDir(File name);
    void setUserPluginDir(String name);

    /**
     * Gets the directory name where the user can place agent or server plugin jars.
     * If <code>null</code>, do not look for any user plugins.
     *
     * @return plugin directory name where the user puts plugins
     */
    //File getUserPluginDir();
    String getUserPluginDir();

    /**
     * Sets the directory where the server plugin jars are located.
     *
     * @param name the name of the server plugins dir
     */
    //void setServerPluginDir(File name);
    void setServerPluginDir(String name);

    /**
     * Gets the directory name where the server plugin jars are located.
     *
     * @return server plugin directory name
     */
    //File getServerPluginDir();
    String getServerPluginDir();

    /**
     * Sets the directory where the agent plugin jars are located.
     *
     * @param name the name of the agent plugins dir
     */
    //void setAgentPluginDir(File name);
    void setAgentPluginDir(String name);

    /**
     * Gets the directory name where the agent plugin jars are located.
     *
     * @return agent plugin directory name
     */
    //File getAgentPluginDir();
    String getAgentPluginDir();

    /**
     * Returns the object that is managing the plugin metadata and types built from that metadata.
     *
     * @return plugin metadata manager
     */
    PluginMetadataManager getPluginMetadataManager();
}