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/*
 * Copyright 2012 The Netty Project
 *
 * The Netty Project licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
 * version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
 *
 *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
 * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 * under the License.
 */
package org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.embedder;

import java.util.Collection;

import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelPipeline;

/**
 * A helper that wraps an encoder or a decoder (codec) so that they can be used
 * without doing actual I/O in unit tests or higher level codecs.  Please refer
 * to {@link EncoderEmbedder} and {@link DecoderEmbedder} for more information.
 */
public interface CodecEmbedder {
    /**
     * Offers an input object to the pipeline of this embedder.
     *
     * @return {@code true} if and only if there is something to read in the
     *         product queue (see {@link #poll()} and {@link #peek()})
     */
    boolean offer(Object input);

    /**
     * Signals the pipeline that the encoding or decoding has been finished and
     * no more data will be offered.
     *
     * @return {@code true} if and only if there is something to read in the
     *         product queue (see {@link #poll()} and {@link #peek()})
     */
    boolean finish();

    /**
     * Consumes an encoded or decoded output from the product queue. The output
     * object is generated by the offered input objects.
     *
     * @return an encoded or decoded object.
     *         {@code null} if and only if there is no output object left in the
     *         product queue.
     */
    E poll();

    /**
     * Reads an encoded or decoded output from the head of the product queue.
     * The difference from {@link #poll()} is that it does not remove the
     * retrieved object from the product queue.
     *
     * @return an encoded or decoded object.
     *         {@code null} if and only if there is no output object left in the
     *         product queue.
     */
    E peek();

    /**
     * Consumes all encoded or decoded output from the product queue.  The
     * output object is generated by the offered input objects.  The behavior
     * of this method is identical with {@link Collection#toArray()} except that
     * the product queue is cleared.
     *
     * @return an array of all encoded or decoded objects.
     *         An empty array is returned if and only if there is no output
     *         object left in the product queue.
     */
    Object[] pollAll();

    /**
     * Consumes all encoded or decoded output from the product queue.  The
     * output object is generated by the offered input objects.  The behavior
     * of this method is identical with {@link Collection#toArray(Object[])}
     * except that the product queue is cleared.
     *
     * @return an array of all encoded or decoded objects.
     *         An empty array is returned if and only if there is no output
     *         object left in the product queue.
     */
     T[] pollAll(T[] a);

    /**
     * Returns the number of encoded or decoded output in the product queue.
     */
    int size();

    /**
     * Returns the {@link ChannelPipeline} that handles the input.
     */
    ChannelPipeline getPipeline();
}