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* Copyright (c) 2007, 2014 compeople AG and others.
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
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*
* Contributors:
* compeople AG - initial API and implementation
*******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.riena.monitor.client;
/**
* The {@code ICollector} interface defines the protocol for collectors.
*/
public interface ICollector {
/**
* Start the collector, i.e. the collector can now start collecting
*
* @param aggregator
* the {@code IAggregator} for this collector
* @param category
* the category for this collector
* @param clientInfoProvider
* the client information provider
*/
void start(IAggregator aggregator, Category category, IClientInfoProvider clientInfoProvider);
/**
* Stop the collector, i.e. the collector must now stop collecting
*/
void stop();
/**
* Get the category of this collector
*
* @return the category
*/
Category getCategory();
}