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package org.apache.derbyTesting.functionTests.tests.management;

import javax.management.MBeanServerConnection;

/**
 * Interface for MBeanTest to get a MBeanServerConnection connection
 * from. A decorator will setup mbeanServerConnector to point to
 * an implementation of this class to obtain JMX connections.
 */
interface JMXConnectionGetter {

    /**
     * Holds the implementation of JMXConnectionGetter for
     * an MBeanTest to use, set up by a decorator.
     */
    static final ThreadLocal<JMXConnectionGetter> mbeanServerConnector =
         new ThreadLocal<JMXConnectionGetter>();

    /**
     * Get a connection to the platform MBean Server.
     */
    MBeanServerConnection getMBeanServerConnection(String user,
            String password) throws Exception;
    
    void close(MBeanServerConnection jmxConnection) throws Exception;
}