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1   /*
2      Copyright 2010 Ramon Servadei
3   
4      Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5      you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6      You may obtain a copy of the License at
7   
8          http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9   
10     Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11     distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12     WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13     See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14     limitations under the License.
15   */
16  package mirrormap.nio;
17  
18  import mirrormap.lifecycle.IDestroyable;
19  
20  /**
21   * Handles data received from a remote {@link IConnectionEndPoint}.
22   * Implementations should be efficient as the {@link #receive(byte[])} method
23   * may tie up the thread handling the socket receive operations.
24   * <p>
25   * There should only be 1 receiver instance per end point.
26   * 
27   * @author Ramon Servadei
28   */
29  public interface IConnectionEndPointReceiver extends IDestroyable
30  {
31      /**
32       * Factory that creates {@link IConnectionEndPointReceiver} instances
33       * 
34       * @author Ramon Servadei
35       */
36      public interface IFactory
37      {
38          /**
39           * Create the {@link IConnectionEndPointReceiver}
40           * 
41           * @return a new {@link IConnectionEndPointReceiver}
42           */
43          IConnectionEndPointReceiver createEndPointRecevier();
44      }
45  
46      /**
47       * Handle data received from the remote end point.
48       * 
49       * @param data
50       *            the data
51       */
52      void receive(byte[] data);
53  
54      /**
55       * The end point this receiver is associated with.
56       * 
57       * @param connectionEndPoint
58       *            the end point this receiver is for
59       */
60      void setEndPointConnection(IConnectionEndPoint connectionEndPoint);
61  }