org.snmp4j.agent.cfg

Interface EngineIdProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

EngineBootsCounterFile

public interface EngineIdProvider

An EngineIdProvider holds persistently the engine ID of a SNMP engine.

Since:

2.7.3

Version:

2.7.3

Author:

Frank Fock

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
org.snmp4j.smi.OctetString	getEngineId(org.snmp4j.smi.OctetString defaultEngineID) Gets the engine ID for the SNMP entity associated with this EngineIdProvider.
void	resetEngineId(org.snmp4j.smi.OctetString engineId) Sets the persistently stored engine ID to a new value.

Method Detail

getEngineId

org.snmp4j.smi.OctetString getEngineId(org.snmp4j.smi.OctetString defaultEngineID)

Gets the engine ID for the SNMP entity associated with this EngineIdProvider.

Parameters:

defaultEngineID - the engine ID for this entity, if there is no persistently saved engine ID yet.

Returns:

the persistently saved engine ID or the reference to the defaultEngineID which is then persistently stored.

resetEngineId

void resetEngineId(org.snmp4j.smi.OctetString engineId)

Sets the persistently stored engine ID to a new value.

Parameters:

engineId - the new engine ID for this SNMP entity.