/**
* Copyright 2011-2012 Universite Joseph Fourier, LIG, ADELE team
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
package fr.imag.adele.apam.distriman.discovery;
import java.util.Map;
import fr.imag.adele.apam.distriman.client.RemoteMachine;
/**
* Interface used to provide information about remote apam nodes available
*
* @author jander
*
*/
public interface ApamMachineFactory {
/**
* Remove URL from the list of remote apam node
*
* @param url
* @return
*/
public RemoteMachine destroyRemoteMachine(String url, String id);
public void destroyRemoteMachines();
public RemoteMachine getLocalMachine();
/**
* Return list of remote apam node available, not including the machine that
* calls the method
*
* @return
*/
public Map<String, RemoteMachine> getMachines();
/**
* Include new URL as an available remote apam node
*
* @param url
* @return
*/
public RemoteMachine newRemoteMachine(String url, String id,
boolean localhost);
}