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package com.sun.sgs.nio.channels;
import java.nio.channels.Channel;
import java.util.List;
/**
* An object with a management interface to pools of channels.
* <p>
* This interface is intended to be implemented by factory classes that
* construct {@link Channel} objects. It defines the
* {@link ManagedChannelFactory#getChannelPoolMXBeans getChannelPoolMXBeans}
* method to return a list of {@link ChannelPoolMXBean} objects that represent
* the management interface to the pool of channels constructed by the factory.
*
* @see Channels#getChannelPoolMXBeans()
*/
public interface ManagedChannelFactory {
/**
* Returns a list of {@link ChannelPoolMXBean} objects representing the
* management interfaces to one or more pools of channels. An object may
* add or remove channel pools during execution of the Java virtual
* machine.
*
* @return a list of {@code ChannelPoolMXBean} objects representing the
* management interfaces to zero or more pools of channels
*/
List<ChannelPoolMXBean> getChannelPoolMXBeans();
}