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package nsk.monitoring.share.thread;

/**
 * ThreadMonitoringScenarioFactory is factory for creating ThreadMonitoringScenario's.
 */
public interface ThreadMonitoringScenarioFactory {
        /**
         * Obtain recommended scenario count for given basic threads count
         * (which is usually number of processors).
         *
         * @param basicCount
         */
        public int getScenarioCount(int basicThreadCount);

        /**
         * Create scenarios for given scenario count.
         *
         * @param count scenario count
         * @return array of scenarios
         */
        public ThreadMonitoringScenario[] createScenarios(int count);

        /**
         * Create scenario by type name.
         *
         * @param scenarioType type of scenario
         * @return created scenario
         */
        public ThreadMonitoringScenario createScenario(String scenarioType);

        /**
         * Clean up resources held by created scenarios. This should be called
         * after finish() is also called for all created scenarios.
         */
        public void finish();
}