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package javax.management;
/**
* This interface is used to gain access to descriptors of the Descriptor class
* which are associated with a JMX component,
* i.e. MBean, MBeanInfo, MBeanAttributeInfo, MBeanNotificationInfo,
* MBeanOperationInfo, MBeanParameterInfo.
* <p>
* ModelMBeans make extensive use of this interface in ModelMBeanInfo classes.
**/
public interface DescriptorAccess
{
/**
* Returns a copy of Descriptor.
*
* @return Descriptor associated with the component implementing this
* interface. Null should never be returned. At a minimum a
* default descriptor with the descriptor name and
* descriptorType should be returned.
*/
public Descriptor getDescriptor();
/**
* Sets Descriptor (full replace).
*
* @param inDescriptor replaces the Descriptor associated with the
* component implementing this interface. If the inDescriptor
* is invalid for the type of Info object it is being set for,
* an exception is thrown. If the inDescriptor is null, then
* the Descriptor will revert to its default value which should
* contain, at a minimum, the descriptor name and descriptorType.
*/
public void setDescriptor(Descriptor inDescriptor);
}
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