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A provider for creating JMX API connector clients using a given * protocol. Instances of this interface are created by {@link * JMXConnectorFactory} as part of its {@link * JMXConnectorFactory#newJMXConnector(JMXServiceURL, Map) * newJMXConnector} method.
* * @since 1.5 */ public interface JMXConnectorProvider { /** *Creates a new connector client that is ready to connect
* to the connector server at the given address. Each successful
* call to this method produces a different
* JMXConnector
object.
JMXConnector
representing the new
* connector client. Each successful call to this method produces
* a different object.
*
* @exception NullPointerException if serviceURL
or
* environment
is null.
*
* @exception IOException It is recommended for a provider
* implementation to throw {@code MalformedURLException} if the
* protocol in the {@code serviceURL} is not recognized by this
* provider, {@code JMXProviderException} if this is a provider
* for the protocol in {@code serviceURL} but it cannot be used
* for some reason or any other {@code IOException} if the
* connection cannot be made because of a communication problem.
*/
public JMXConnector newJMXConnector(JMXServiceURL serviceURL,
Map