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package org.jboss.management.j2ee;
/**
* Indicates the emitting of Events and also
* indicates what types of events it emits.
* <br><br>
* <b>Attention</b>: This interface is not indented to be used by the client
* but it is morely a desription of what the client will get when he/she
* receives attributes from the JSR-77 server or what method can be
* invoked.
* <br><br>
* All attributes (getXXX) can be received by
* <br>
* {@link javax.management.j2ee.Management#getAttribute Management.getAttribute()}
* <br>
* or in bulk by:
* <br>
* {@link javax.management.j2ee.Management#getAttributes Management.getAttributes()}
* <br>
* Methods (all except getXXX()) can be invoked by:
* <br>
* {@link javax.management.j2ee.Management#invoke Management.invoke()}
* <br>
*
* @author <a href="mailto:marc@jboss.org">Marc Fleury</a>
* @author Andreas Schaefer
* @version $Revision: 81025 $
*/
public interface EventProvider
{
/**
* @return The actual list of Types of Events this Managed Object emits.
* The list is never null nor empty
*/
String[] getEventTypes();
/**
* Returns the given Type of Events it emits according to its index in the list
*
* @param index Index of the requested Event Type
* @return Event Type if given Index is within the boundaries otherwise null
*/
String getEventType(int index);
}