Northbounder (OpenNMS 29.0.8 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractNorthbounder, AlarmNorthbounder, BSFNorthbounder, BSFNorthbounderManager, DroolsNorthbounder, DroolsNorthbounderManager, EmailNorthbounder, EmailNorthbounderManager, HttpNorthbounder, JmsNorthbounder, JmsNorthbounderManager, SnmpTrapNorthbounder, SnmpTrapNorthbounderManager, SyslogNorthbounder, SyslogNorthbounderManager
```
public interface Northbounder
```
North bound Interface API.

Author:

David Hustace

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getName()`	Gets the name.
`boolean`	`isReady()`	Used to determine if the northbounder is ready to accept alarms.
`void`	`onAlarm(NorthboundAlarm alarm)`	On alarm.
`void`	`reloadConfig()`	Reloads configuration.
`void`	`start()`	Start.
`void`	`stop()`	Stop.

- Method Detail
  - start
```
void start()
    throws NorthbounderException
```
    Start.
    
    Throws:
    
    NorthbounderException - the northbounder exception
  - isReady
```
boolean isReady()
```
    Used to determine if the northbounder is ready to accept alarms. If no northbounders are ready, the caller can save resources by not creating and initializing the NorthboundAlarms. This method is called once after northbounder is registered and started. If the status were to change sometime after, the northbounder must re-register itself.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the northbounder is ready to accept alarms, false otherwise.
  - onAlarm
```
void onAlarm(NorthboundAlarm alarm)
      throws NorthbounderException
```
    On alarm.
    
    Parameters:
    
    alarm - the alarm
    
    Throws:
    
    NorthbounderException - the northbounder exception
  - stop
```
void stop()
   throws NorthbounderException
```
    Stop.
    
    Throws:
    
    NorthbounderException - the northbounder exception
  - getName
```
String getName()
```
    Gets the name.
    
    Returns:
    
    the name
  - reloadConfig
```
void reloadConfig()
           throws NorthbounderException
```
    Reloads configuration.
    
    Throws:
    
    NorthbounderException