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NAME

       snmpm_network_interface - Behaviour module for the SNMP manager network interface.

DESCRIPTION

       This    module   defines   the   behaviour   of   the   manager   network   interface.   A
       snmpm_network_interface compliant module must export the following functions:

         * start_link/2

         * stop/1

         * send_pdu/7

         * inform_response/4

         * note_store/2

         * info/1

         * get_log_type/1

         * set_log_type/2

         * verbosity/2

       The semantics of them and their exact signatures are explained below.

EXPORTS

       start_link(Server, NoteStore) -> {ok, Pid} | {error, Reason}

              Types:

                 Server = pid()
                 NoteStore = pid()

              Start-link the network interface process.

              Server is the pid of the managing process.

              NoteStore is the pid of the note-store process.

       stop(Pid) -> void()

              Types:

                 Pid = pid()

              Stop the network interface process.

       send_pdu(Pid, Pdu, Vsn, MsgData, Addr, Port, ExtraInfo) -> void()

              Types:

                 Pid = pid()
                 Pdu = pdu()
                 Vsn = 'version-1' | 'version-2' | 'version-3'
                 MsgData = term()
                 Addr = address()
                 Port = integer()
                 ExtraInfo = term()

              Request the network interface process (Pid) to send this pdu (Pdu).

              ExtraInfo is some opaque data that is passed to the net-if process.  It  originates
              from  the  ExtraInfo  parameter  in  the  calls  to  the  synchronous  get-request,
              asynchronous  get-request,  synchronous  get-next-request,  asynchronous  get-next-
              request,  synchronous  set-request  and asynchronous set-request functions. Whether
              the net-if process chooses to use this  is  implementation  dependent.  The  net-if
              process included in this application ignores it.

       inform_response(Pid, Ref, Addr, Port) -> void()

              Types:

                 Pid = pid()
                 Ref = term()
                 Addr = address()
                 Port = integer()

              Instruct  the network interface process to send the response (acknowledgment) to an
              inform-request.

              Ref is something that can be used to identify the inform-request,  e.g.  request-id
              of the inform-request.

              Addr and Port identifies the agent, from which the inform-request originated.

       note_store(Pid, NoteStore) -> void()

              Types:

                 Pid = pid()
                 NoteStore = pid()

              Change  the  pid  of the note-store process. This is used when the server re-starts
              the note_store (e.g. after a crach).

       info(Pid) -> [{Key, Value}]

              Types:

                 Pid = pid()

              The info returned is basically up to the implementer to decide. The  implementation
              provided  by  this  application  provides  info about memory allocation and various
              socket information.

              The info returned by this function is returned together with other  info  collected
              by the manager when the info function is called (tagged with the key net_if).

       verbosity(Pid, Verbosity) -> void()

              Types:

                 Pid = pid()
                 Verbosity = verbosity()

              Change the verbosity of the network interface process.

       get_log_type(Pid) -> {ok, LogType} | {error, Reason}

              Types:

                 Pid = pid()
                 LogType = atl_type()
                 Reason = term()

              The  Audit  Trail  Log  is managed by the network interface process. So, it is this
              process that has to return the actual log-type.

       set_log_type(Pid, NewType) -> {ok, OldType} | {error, Reason}

              Types:

                 Pid = pid()
                 NewType = OldType = atl_type()
                 Reason = term()

              The Audit Trail Log is managed by the network interface process.  So,  it  is  this
              process that has to do the actual changing of the type.

              See set_log_type for more info.