RequisitionProvider (OpenNMS 30.0.0 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractRequisitionProvider, DnsRequisitionProvider, FileRequisitionProvider, HttpRequisitionProvider, RequisitionProviderImpl, VmwareRequisitionProvider
```
public interface RequisitionProvider
```
Used to generate Requisitions from some source.

Author:

jwhite

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`RequisitionRequest`	`getRequest(Map<String,String> parameters)`	Generate a request.
`Requisition`	`getRequisition(RequisitionRequest request)`	Execute the request.
`String`	`getType()`	A string used to identify the provider type.
`String`	`marshalRequest(RequisitionRequest request)`	Marshals the request to a `String`.
`RequisitionRequest`	`unmarshalRequest(String marshaledRequest)`	Unmarshals the request from a `String`.

- Method Detail
  - getType
```
String getType()
```
    A string used to identify the provider type. This string should be unique for every implementation.
    
    Returns:
    
    the type string
  - getRequest
```
RequisitionRequest getRequest(Map<String,String> parameters)
```
    Generate a request.
    
    Parameters:
    
    parameters -
    
    Returns:
  - getRequisition
```
Requisition getRequisition(RequisitionRequest request)
```
    Execute the request.
    
    Parameters:
    
    request -
    
    Returns:
  - marshalRequest
```
String marshalRequest(RequisitionRequest request)
```
    Marshals the request to a String. Used before sending the request to a Minion.
    
    Parameters:
    
    request -
    
    Returns:
  - unmarshalRequest
```
RequisitionRequest unmarshalRequest(String marshaledRequest)
```
    Unmarshals the request from a String. Used when received the request on a Minion.
    
    Parameters:
    
    marshaledRequest -
    
    Returns: