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package com.sun.tools.jconsole;

import javax.management.MBeanServerConnection;

import java.beans.PropertyChangeListener;

import javax.swing.event.SwingPropertyChangeSupport;

/**

 * {@code JConsoleContext} represents a JConsole connection to a target

 * application.

 * <p>

 * {@code JConsoleContext} notifies any {@code PropertyChangeListeners}

 * about the {@linkplain #CONNECTION_STATE_PROPERTY <i>ConnectionState</i>}

 * property change to {@link ConnectionState#CONNECTED CONNECTED} and

 * {@link ConnectionState#DISCONNECTED DISCONNECTED}.

 * The {@code JConsoleContext} instance will be the source for

 * any generated events.

 * <p>

 *

 * @since 1.6

 */

@jdk.Exported

public interface JConsoleContext {

    /**

     * The {@link ConnectionState ConnectionState} bound property name.

     */

    public static String CONNECTION_STATE_PROPERTY = "connectionState";

    /**

     * Values for the {@linkplain #CONNECTION_STATE_PROPERTY

     * <i>ConnectionState</i>} bound property.

     */

    @jdk.Exported

    public enum ConnectionState {

        /**

         * The connection has been successfully established.

         */

        CONNECTED,

        /**

         * No connection present.

         */

        DISCONNECTED,

        /**

         * The connection is being attempted.

         */

        CONNECTING

    }

    /**

     * Returns the {@link MBeanServerConnection MBeanServerConnection} for the

     * connection to an application.  The returned

     * {@code MBeanServerConnection} object becomes invalid when

     * the connection state is changed to the

     * {@link ConnectionState#DISCONNECTED DISCONNECTED} state.

     *

     * @return the {@code MBeanServerConnection} for the

     * connection to an application.

     */

    public MBeanServerConnection getMBeanServerConnection();

    /**

     * Returns the current connection state.

     * @return the current connection state.

     */

    public ConnectionState getConnectionState();

    /**

     * Add a {@link java.beans.PropertyChangeListener PropertyChangeListener}

     * to the listener list.

     * The listener is registered for all properties.

     * The same listener object may be added more than once, and will be called

     * as many times as it is added.

     * If {@code listener} is {@code null}, no exception is thrown and

     * no action is taken.

     *

     * @param listener  The {@code PropertyChangeListener} to be added

     */

    public void addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener);

    /**

     * Removes a {@link java.beans.PropertyChangeListener PropertyChangeListener}

     * from the listener list. This

     * removes a {@code PropertyChangeListener} that was registered for all

     * properties. If {@code listener} was added more than once to the same

     * event source, it will be notified one less time after being removed. If

     * {@code listener} is {@code null}, or was never added, no exception is

     * thrown and no action is taken.

     *

     * @param listener the {@code PropertyChangeListener} to be removed

     */

    public void removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener);

}