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package javax.management;

/**
 * This interface is used to gain access to descriptors of the Descriptor class
 * which are associated with a JMX component, i.e. MBean, MBeanInfo,
 * MBeanAttributeInfo, MBeanNotificationInfo,
 * MBeanOperationInfo, MBeanParameterInfo.
 * <P>
 * ModelMBeans make extensive use of this interface in ModelMBeanInfo classes.
 *
 * @since 1.5
 */
public interface DescriptorAccess extends DescriptorRead
{
    /**
    * Sets Descriptor (full replace).
    *
    * @param inDescriptor replaces the Descriptor associated with the
    * component implementing this interface. If the inDescriptor is invalid for the
    * type of Info object it is being set for, an exception is thrown.  If the
    * inDescriptor is null, then the Descriptor will revert to its default value
    * which should contain, at a minimum, the descriptor name and descriptorType.
    *
    * @see #getDescriptor
    */
    public void setDescriptor(Descriptor inDescriptor);
}