/*
* NOTE: This copyright does *not* cover user programs that use HQ
* program services by normal system calls through the application
* program interfaces provided as part of the Hyperic Plug-in Development
* Kit or the Hyperic Client Development Kit - this is merely considered
* normal use of the program, and does *not* fall under the heading of
* "derived work".
*
* Copyright (C) [2004, 2005, 2006], Hyperic, Inc.
* This file is part of HQ.
*
* HQ is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms version 2 of the GNU General Public License as
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* PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
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*
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*/
package org.hyperic.hq.autoinventory;
public interface RuntimeScanner {
/**
* This is called to determine how long to wait between DefaultScans.
* If this returns a value less than MIN_DEFAULTSCAN_INTERVAL,
* the ScanManager will bump the interval up to that minimum value.
* @return The number of milliseconds to sleep between DefaultScans.
*/
public long getDefaultScanInterval ();
/**
* This is called to determine how long to wait between runtime
* scans. If this returns a value less than MIN_RTSCAN_INTERVAL,
* the ScanManager will bump the interval up to that minimum value.
* @return The number of milliseconds to sleep between runtime scans.
*/
public long getScanInterval ();
/**
* Schedule a DefaultScan.
*/
public void scheduleDefaultScan ();
/**
* Perform the actual runtime scan.
*/
public void doRuntimeScan () throws AutoinventoryException;
}