Package org.opennms.netmgt.collection.api

Interface ServiceCollector

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractRemoteServiceCollector, AbstractServiceCollector, AbstractSnmpCollector, HttpCollector, JdbcCollector, JMXCollector, Jsr160Collector, NSClientCollector, PrometheusCollector, ServiceCollectorImpl, SnmpCollector, SnmpCollectorNG, TcaCollector, VmwareCimCollector, VmwareCollector, WmiCollector, WsManCollector, XmlCollector, XmpCollector

public interface ServiceCollector

Used to collect metrics from a CollectionAgent in both OpenNMS and Minion. The order of the calls made to this interface depend on whether we are running in OpenNMS or Minion. In OpenNMS when collecting in OpenNMS: * initialize() * getEffectiveLocation() * getRuntimeAttributes() * collect() * getRrdRepository() In OpenNMS when collection in Minion: * initialize() * getEffectiveLocation() * getRuntimeAttributes() * marshalParameters() * (RPC Invocation of collect()) * getRrdRepository() In Minion: * unmarshalParameters() * collect()

Author:

Mike, jwhite

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
CollectionSet	collect(CollectionAgent agent, Map<String,Object> parameters)	Invokes a collection on the object.
String	getEffectiveLocation(String location)	Allows the collector to override the location at which it should be run.
RrdRepository	getRrdRepository(String collectionName)	Retrieve the RrdRepository configuration for the given collection.
Map<String,Object>	getRuntimeAttributes(CollectionAgent agent, Map<String,Object> parameters)	Invoked before every call to #collect(CollectionAgent, EventProxy, Map) in order to retrieve state/runtime information required for perform the collection.
void	initialize()	Initialize the collector.
Map<String,String>	marshalParameters(Map<String,Object> parameters)	Marshal the parameter values to strings, which is necessary for passing the parameters over the wire for the RPC call.
Map<String,Object>	unmarshalParameters(Map<String,String> parameters)	Unmarshal the parameter values from strings.
void	validateAgent(CollectionAgent agent, Map<String,Object> parameters)	Validate whether or not this collector should be scheduled to run against the given agent.

Method Detail

initialize

void initialize()
         throws CollectionInitializationException

Initialize the collector. This call will be invoked in OpenNMS before any other calls to the collector are made. This function may be invoked several times during the lifetime or the collector.

Throws:

CollectionInitializationException

validateAgent

void validateAgent(CollectionAgent agent,
                   Map<String,Object> parameters)
            throws CollectionInitializationException

Validate whether or not this collector should be scheduled to run against the given agent. If the collector cannot, or should not be a run against a given agent, a CollectionInitializationException must be thrown. In the case of the SNMP collector, this is used to prevent collect from scheduling interfaces other than the those marked as primary on a given node.

Parameters:

agent -

parameters -

Throws:

CollectionInitializationException

collect

CollectionSet collect(CollectionAgent agent,
                      Map<String,Object> parameters)
               throws CollectionException

Invokes a collection on the object. This call will be performed in both OpenNMS and Minion.

Parameters:

agent - a org.opennms.netmgt.collectd.CollectionAgent object.

parameters - a Map object.

Returns:

a org.opennms.netmgt.config.collector.CollectionSet object.

Throws:

org.opennms.netmgt.collectd.CollectionException - if any.

CollectionException

getRrdRepository

RrdRepository getRrdRepository(String collectionName)

Retrieve the RrdRepository configuration for the given collection. This call will always be performed in OpenNMS.

Parameters:

collectionName - a String object.

Returns:

a RrdRepository object.

getRuntimeAttributes

Map<String,Object> getRuntimeAttributes(CollectionAgent agent,
                                              Map<String,Object> parameters)

Invoked before every call to #collect(CollectionAgent, EventProxy, Map) in order to retrieve state/runtime information required for perform the collection. This call will always be performed in OpenNMS.

Parameters:

agent - Includes details about to the agent from which we wish to collect.

parameters - Includes the service parameters defined in collectd-configuration.xml.

Returns:

Additional attributes, which should be added to the parameter map before calling #collect(CollectionAgent, EventProxy, Map).

getEffectiveLocation

String getEffectiveLocation(String location)

Allows the collector to override the location at which it should be run. This call will always be performed in OpenNMS.

Parameters:

location - location associated with the service to be monitored

Returns:

a possibly updated location

marshalParameters

Map<String,String> marshalParameters(Map<String,Object> parameters)

Marshal the parameter values to strings, which is necessary for passing the parameters over the wire for the RPC call. We delegate this task to the ServiceCollector instead of handling it elsewhere since the API, and RPC module do not have access to the model objects used by the collector. This will only be called in OpenNMS when the collector is to be executed remotely.

Parameters:

parameters -

Returns:

unmarshalParameters

Map<String,Object> unmarshalParameters(Map<String,String> parameters)

Unmarshal the parameter values from strings. This call will always be performed in Minion.

Parameters:

parameters -

Returns: