Module org.snmp4j.agent

Package org.snmp4j.agent

Interface UpdateStrategy

public interface UpdateStrategy

An UpdateStrategy defines how UpdatableManagedObjects are updated on behalf of server queries to a MOServer.

Version:

1.2

Author:

Frank Fock

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	isUpdateNeeded(MOServer server, UpdatableManagedObject<?> mo, MOQuery query)	Checks whether the supplied UpdatableManagedObject needs to be updated or not to serve the supplied query.

Method Details

isUpdateNeeded

boolean isUpdateNeeded(MOServer server,
 UpdatableManagedObject<?> mo,
 MOQuery query)

Checks whether the supplied UpdatableManagedObject needs to be updated or not to serve the supplied query.

Parameters:

server - the MOServer trying to access the mo (can be null if no such server is known).

mo - the accessed updatable managed object.

query - the query accessing the mo.

Returns:

true if the server (or any other interested instance) should call UpdatableManagedObject.update(MOQuery updateScope) to update mo's content.