javax.management.relation
Interface RelationType

All Known Implementing Classes:
RelationTypeSupport

public interface RelationType
extends java.io.Serializable

The RelationType interface has to be implemented by any class expected to represent a relation type.


Method Summary
 java.lang.String getRelationTypeName()
          Returns the relation type name
 RoleInfo getRoleInfo(java.lang.String theRoleInfoName)
          Returns the role info (RoleInfo object) for the given role info name (null if not found).
 java.util.List getRoleInfos()
          Returns the list of role definitions (ArrayList of RoleInfo objects).
 

Method Detail

getRelationTypeName

public java.lang.String getRelationTypeName()
Returns the relation type name

getRoleInfos

public java.util.List getRoleInfos()
Returns the list of role definitions (ArrayList of RoleInfo objects).

getRoleInfo

public RoleInfo getRoleInfo(java.lang.String theRoleInfoName)
                     throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException,
                            RoleInfoNotFoundException
Returns the role info (RoleInfo object) for the given role info name (null if not found).
Parameters:
theRoleInfoName - role info name
Returns:
RoleInfo object providing role definition does not exist
Throws:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if null parameter
RoleInfoNotFoundException - if no role info with that name in relation type.