/*
* 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
* published by the Free Software Foundation. This program is distributed
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* even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
* PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
* details.
*
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* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
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*/
package org.hyperic.hq.events;
import java.util.List;
/**
* Contains auxillary information about why an alert fired.
*/
public interface AlertAuxLog {
/**
* Get a text descritption of the log.
*/
String getDescription();
/**
* Provide an optional URL which can be used to see more information
* about the log.
*
* This method should return a path after the regular web prefix
* (i.e. it will be prepended with http://localhost:7080/ or whatever
* the context is)
*/
String getURL();
/**
* Returns a list of {@link AlertAuxLog}s which are children of this
* log.
*/
List<AlertAuxLog> getChildren();
void addChild(AlertAuxLog child);
AlertAuxLogProvider getProvider();
long getTimestamp();
}