org.rhq.enterprise.server.core

Interface RemoteClientManagerLocal

All Known Implementing Classes:

RemoteClientManagerBean

public interface RemoteClientManagerLocal

Local interface to the RemoteAgentClientManagerBean SLSB. This manager performs things related to the remote client (CLI) distribution.

Author:

John Mazzitelli

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
File	getRemoteClientBinaryFile() Returns the path on the server's file system where the CLI binary is found.
File	getRemoteClientVersionFile() Returns the path on the server's file system where the CLI version file is found.
Properties	getRemoteClientVersionFileContent() Returns the content of the CLI version file, which simply consists of some name/value pairs.

Method Detail

getRemoteClientVersionFile

File getRemoteClientVersionFile()
                                throws Exception

Returns the path on the server's file system where the CLI version file is found. The CLI version file contains information about the CLI binary, such as what version it is.

Returns:

version file location

Throws:

Exception - if the file could not be created or found

getRemoteClientVersionFileContent

Properties getRemoteClientVersionFileContent()
                                             throws Exception

Returns the content of the CLI version file, which simply consists of some name/value pairs. The version file contains information about the CLI binary, such as what version it is.

Returns:

version properties found in the version file.

Throws:

Exception - if cannot read the version file

getRemoteClientBinaryFile

File getRemoteClientBinaryFile()
                               throws Exception

Returns the path on the server's file system where the CLI binary is found. This is the actual CLI distribution that can be installed on remote client machines.

Returns:

binary location

Throws:

Exception - if the binary file does not exist