001/*
002 * #%L
003 * Netarchivesuite - monitor
004 * %%
005 * Copyright (C) 2005 - 2014 The Royal Danish Library, the Danish State and University Library,
006 *             the National Library of France and the Austrian National Library.
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022 */
023package dk.netarkivet.monitor.jmx;
024
025/**
026 * Common interface for objects that supply JMX connections to remote servers.
027 * <p>
028 * This interface does not specify which protocol to use for connection, nor whether previously created connections will
029 * be cached for reuse.
030 */
031public interface JMXProxyConnectionFactory {
032    /**
033     * Establish a JMX connection to a remote server.
034     *
035     * @param server The name of remote server to connect to.
036     * @param port The port to connect to on the remote server.
037     * @param rmiPort The RMI-port to use in this connection.
038     * @param userName The user name to log in as.
039     * @param password The password for the specified user.
040     * @return a connection object that can be used for accessing MBeans on the remote server.
041     */
042    JMXProxyConnection getConnection(String server, int port, int rmiPort, String userName, String password);
043}