org.netsnmp
Interface OID

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable

All Known Implementing Classes:

NativeOID

public interface OID

extends Comparable

Object Identifier. Identifier for MIB variables and instances, consisting of a series of non-negative integers. Constructors are available for building identifiers from integers or text equivielents. For example...

  The descriptor for the system that a remote agent resides on may be
  identified as either

  1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1.0

 or

 iso.org.dod.internet.mgmt.mib-2.system.sysDescr.0
 

Author:

Andrew E. Page aepage@users.sourceforge.net

Method Summary

OID	append(OID oid)
int	compareTo(OID oid, int n) Compares up to n places in this oid
int	length()
int[]	oids()
String	toText()

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

oids

public int[] oids()

length

public int length()

toText

public String toText()

append

public OID append(OID oid)

compareTo

public int compareTo(OID oid,
                     int n)

Compares up to n places in this oid

Parameters:

oid - to compare this to

n - compare to n places

Returns:

a negative integer, zero or a positive integer if this object is less than, equal to or greaten than the OID it is being compared to to n places.