JavaTM 2 Platform
Standard Ed. 5.0

javax.management.relation
Interface RelationType

All Superinterfaces:
Serializable
All Known Implementing Classes:
RelationTypeSupport

public interface RelationType
extends Serializable

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

Since:
1.5

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

Method Detail

getRelationTypeName

String getRelationTypeName()
Returns the relation type name.

Returns:
the relation type name.

getRoleInfos

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

Returns:
an ArrayList of RoleInfo.

getRoleInfo

RoleInfo getRoleInfo(String theRoleInfoName)
                     throws 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:
IllegalArgumentException - if null parameter
RoleInfoNotFoundException - if no role info with that name in relation type.

JavaTM 2 Platform
Standard Ed. 5.0

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