Worker.java

/*
 * Worker.java
 * Copyright (C) 2011,2012 Wannes De Smet
 * 
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
package org.xenmaster.pool;

import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.util.Set;

import net.wgr.rmi.InvocationTarget;
import org.xenmaster.entities.Host;

/**
 * 
 * @created Nov 1, 2011
 * @author double-u
 */
public interface Worker extends InvocationTarget {
    /**
     * Retrieves entities managed and monitored by this worker
     * @return 
     */
    public Set<Host> getManagedEntities();
    
    /**
     * Hand off specified hosts to this worker
     * @param hosts 
     */
    public void loadInHosts(Set<Host> hosts) throws IllegalHostsException;
    
    public InetAddress getAddress();
    
    
    //todo
    //public void getMonitoringData(Request r);
}