com.prosyst.mprm.admin.devices

Interface DeviceGroup

All Superinterfaces:

Node, NodeOperations

public interface DeviceGroup
extends Node

Represents a logical group of devices in the mPRM Management Tree. A device group may contain devices, as well as another device groups forming a tree like directory structure.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
DeviceGroup	createSubGroup(java.lang.String name, java.util.Dictionary attributes) Creates a device sub group of this group with the supplied properties.
void	delete() Deletes this group from the backend repository.
void	deleteAll() Deletes this group and all its subnodes from the backend repository.
Enumerator	getMemberGroups() Returns all device groups which are direct members of this group.
boolean	hasMembers() Returns if this group has any members.

Methods inherited from interface com.prosyst.mprm.admin.devices.Node

addListener, countDevices, findControlUnits, getControlUnits, getControlUnits, getControlUnitStates, getCreateDate, getDisplayName, getInheritableProperty, getNodeProperties, getNodeType, getParent, getPath, getProperty, getRelativeName, removeListener, setDisplayName, setProperties, setProperty

Methods inherited from interface com.prosyst.mprm.admin.devices.NodeOperations

createControlUnits, destroyControlUnits, invokeAction, synchronizeStates

Method Detail

hasMembers

boolean hasMembers()
            throws ManagementException

Returns if this group has any members.

Returns:

false if the group is empty, true otherwise.

Throws:

ManagementException - if a system error occurs.

getMemberGroups

Enumerator getMemberGroups()
                    throws ManagementException

Returns all device groups which are direct members of this group.

Returns:

an Enumerator of DeviceGroup objects descendants of this group.

Throws:

ManagementException - if a system error occurs.

createSubGroup

DeviceGroup createSubGroup(java.lang.String name,
                           java.util.Dictionary attributes)
                    throws ManagementException

Creates a device sub group of this group with the supplied properties.

Parameters:

name - name of the new group.

attributes - properties of the created group.

Returns:

DeviceGroup object representing new group.

Throws:

ManagementException - if a system error occurs.

delete

void delete()
     throws ManagementException

Deletes this group from the backend repository.

Throws:

ManagementException - if a system error occurs.

deleteAll

void deleteAll()
        throws ManagementException

Deletes this group and all its subnodes from the backend repository.

Throws:

ManagementException - if a system error occurs.