org.apache.geode.admin

Interface ManagedEntity

All Known Subinterfaces:

CacheServer, CacheVm, DistributionLocator

Deprecated.

as of 7.0 use the management package instead

@Deprecated
public interface ManagedEntity

A entity that can be managed with the GemFire administration API.

Since:

GemFire 4.0

See Also:

ManagedEntityConfig

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getLog() Deprecated. Returns the tail of this manage entity's log file.
boolean	isRunning() Deprecated. Returns whether or not this managed entity is running.
void	start() Deprecated. Starts this managed entity.
void	stop() Deprecated. Stops this managed entity.
boolean	waitToStart(long timeout) Deprecated. Waits for up to a given number of milliseconds for this managed entity to start.
boolean	waitToStop(long timeout) Deprecated. Waits for up to a given number of milliseconds for this managed entity to stop.

Method Detail

start

void start()
    throws AdminException

Deprecated.

Starts this managed entity. Note that this method may return before the managed entity is actually started.

Throws:

AdminException - If a problem is encountered while starting this managed entity.

IllegalStateException - If this managed entity resides on a remote machine and a null or empty ("") remote command has been specified.

See Also:

waitToStart(long)

stop

void stop()
   throws AdminException

Deprecated.

Stops this managed entity. Note that this method may return before the managed entity is actually stopped.

Throws:

AdminException - If a problem is encountered while stopping this managed entity.

IllegalStateException - If this managed entity resides on a remote machine and a null or empty ("") remote command has been specified.

See Also:

waitToStop(long)

waitToStart

boolean waitToStart(long timeout)
             throws InterruptedException

Deprecated.

Waits for up to a given number of milliseconds for this managed entity to start.

Parameters:

timeout - The number of milliseconds to wait for this managed entity to start.

Returns:

Whether or not the entity has started. false, if the method times out.

Throws:

InterruptedException - If the thread invoking this method is interrupted while waiting.

waitToStop

boolean waitToStop(long timeout)
            throws InterruptedException

Deprecated.

Waits for up to a given number of milliseconds for this managed entity to stop.

Parameters:

timeout - The number of milliseconds to wait for this managed entity to stop.

Returns:

Whether or not the entity has stopped. false, if the method times out.

Throws:

InterruptedException - If the thread invoking this method is interrupted while waiting.

isRunning

boolean isRunning()

Deprecated.

Returns whether or not this managed entity is running. Note that this operation may attempt to contact the managed entity.

Returns:

whether his managed entity is running

Throws:

IllegalStateException - If this managed entity resides on a remote machine and a null or empty ("") remote command has been specified.

getLog

String getLog()
       throws AdminException

Deprecated.

Returns the tail of this manage entity's log file. Note that not all managed entities implement this functionality.

Returns:

the tail of this manage entity's log file

Throws:

AdminException - If a problem is encountered while getting the log of this managed entity.

UnsupportedOperationException - If this managed entity does not support retrieving its log.