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package org.apache.hadoop.contrib.failmon;

/**********************************************************
 * Represents objects that monitor specific hardware resources and
 * can query them to get EventRecords describing the state of these
 * resources.
 *
 **********************************************************/

public interface Monitored {
  /**
   * Get an array of all EventRecords that can be extracted for
   * the represented hardware component.
   * 
   * @return The array of EventRecords
   */
  public EventRecord[] monitor();
  
  /**
   * Inserts all EventRecords that can be extracted for
   * the represented hardware component into a LocalStore.
   * 
   * @param ls the LocalStore into which the EventRecords 
   * are to be stored.
   */
  public void monitor(LocalStore ls);
  
  /**
   * Return a String with information about the implementing
   * class 
   * 
   * @return A String describing the implementing class
   */
  public String getInfo();
}