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/*
 * RED5 Open Source Media Server - https://github.com/Red5/
 * 
 * Copyright 2006-2016 by respective authors (see below). All rights reserved.
 * 
 * Licensed 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.red5.server.api;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

import org.red5.server.adapter.IApplication;
import org.red5.server.api.scope.IScope;

/**
 * The client object represents a single client. One client may have multiple connections to different scopes on the same host. In some ways the client object is like a HTTP session. You can create IClient objects with {@link IClientRegistry#newClient(Object[])}
 * 
 * 
 * NOTE: I removed session, since client serves the same purpose as a client with attributes
 * 
 * @author The Red5 Project
 * @author Luke Hubbard ([email protected])
 */
public interface IClient extends IAttributeStore {

    /**
     * The key used to store the client object in a http session.
     */
    public static final String ID = "red5.client";

    /**
     * Get the unique ID for this client. This will be generated by the server if not passed upon connection from client-side Flex/Flash app. To assign a custom ID to the client use
     * 
     *      * params
     * 
     * 
     * object of {@link IApplication#appConnect(IConnection, Object[])} method, that contains 2nd all the rest values you pass to
     * 
     *      * NetConnection.connect
     * 
     * 
     * method. 

     * Example: 

     * At client side:
     * 
     *      * NetConnection.connect("http://localhost/killerapp/", "user123");
     * 
     * 
     * 

     * then at server side:
     * 
     *      * public boolean appConnect(IConnection connection, Object[] params) {
     *     try {
     *         connection.getClient().setAttribute("param0", (String) params[0]);
     *     } catch (Exception e) {
     *         log.error("{}", e);
     *     }
     * }
     * 
     * 
     * @return client id
     */
    public String getId();

    /**
     * Get the creation time for this client object.
     * 
     * @return Creation time in milliseconds
     */
    public long getCreationTime();

    /**
     * Get a set of scopes the client is connected to.
     * 
     * @return Set of scopes
     */
    public Collection getScopes();

    /**
     * Get a set of connections.
     * 
     * @return Set of connections
     */
    public Set getConnections();

    /**
     * Get a set of connections of a given scope.
     * 
     * @param scope
     *            scope to get connections for
     * @return Set of connections to the passed scope
     */
    public Set getConnections(IScope scope);

    /**
     * Closes all the connections.
     */
    public void disconnect();

    /**
     * Set the permissions for this client in a given context.
     * 
     * @param conn
     *            Connection specifying the context to set the permissions for.
     * @param permissions
     *            Permissions the client has in this context or
     * 
     *                 * null
     * 
     * 
     *            for no permissions.
     */
    public void setPermissions(IConnection conn, Collection permissions);

    /**
     * Return the permissions in a given context.
     * 
     * @param conn
     *            Connection specifying the context to get the permissions for.
     * @return Permission names.
     */
    public Collection getPermissions(IConnection conn);

    /**
     * Check if the client has a permission in the given context.
     * 
     * @param conn
     *            Connection specifying the context to check the permissions for
     * @param permissionName
     *            Name of the permission to check
     * @return      * true
     * 
     * 
     *         if the client has the permission, otherwise
     * 
     *              * false
     * 
     */
    public boolean hasPermission(IConnection conn, String permissionName);

    /**
     * Performs a bandwidth checking routine. Information may be found here: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashmediaserver/articles/dynamic_stream_switching_04.html
     */
    public void checkBandwidth();

    /**
     * Performs a bandwidth checking callback for the client. Information may be found here: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashmediaserver/articles/dynamic_stream_switching_04.html
     * 
     * @param params
     *            parameters
     * @return bandwidth results
     */
    public Map checkBandwidthUp(Object[] params);

    /**
     * Returns whether or not a bandwidth check has been requested.
     * 
     * @return true if requested and false otherwise
     */
    public boolean isBandwidthChecked();

}