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package org.snmp4j.cfg;

/**
 * An {@code EngineBootsProvider} holds persistently the number of engine
 * boots.
 *
 * @author Frank Fock
 * @version 3.5.0
 * @since 3.5.0
 */
public interface EngineBootsProvider {

    /**
     * Returns the current engine boot counter value incremented by one. If
     * that number would by greater than 2^31-1 then one is returned. The
     * engine boots provider has to make sure that the returned value is
     * persistently stored before the method returns.
     *
     * @return
     *    the last engine boots counter incremented by one.
     */
    int updateEngineBoots();

    /**
     * Returns current engine boot counter value.
     * @return
     *    the last engine boots counter.
     */
    int getEngineBoots();

}
