001 /* ValueExp.java -- Represents values that can be passed to queries.
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037
038 package javax.management;
039
040 import java.io.Serializable;
041
042 /**
043 * Represents values that may be passed as arguments to
044 * {@link QueryExp}s. Strings, numbers and bean attributes
045 * are all valid argument types for query expressions, and
046 * so should be represented as implementations of this
047 * interface.
048 *
049 * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org)
050 * @since 1.5
051 */
052 public interface ValueExp
053 extends Serializable
054 {
055
056 /**
057 * Applies the value expression to the specified management bean.
058 *
059 * @param name the name of the management bean.
060 * @return the value expression.
061 * @throws BadStringOperationException if an invalid string
062 * operation is used by
063 * the value expression.
064 * @throws BadBinaryOpValueExpException if an invalid expression
065 * is used by the value expression.
066 * @throws BadAttributeValueExpException if an invalid attribute
067 * is used by the value expression.
068 * @throws InvalidApplicationException if the value expression is applied
069 * to the wrong type of bean.
070 */
071 ValueExp apply(ObjectName name)
072 throws BadStringOperationException, BadBinaryOpValueExpException,
073 BadAttributeValueExpException, InvalidApplicationException;
074
075 /**
076 * Changes the {@link MBeanServer} on which this query is performed.
077 *
078 * @param server the new server to use.
079 * @deprecated This method is superfluous, as the {@link ValueExp}
080 * can access the server using
081 * {@link QueryEval#getMBeanServer()}.
082 */
083 void setMBeanServer(MBeanServer server);
084
085 }