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package io.atomix.catalyst.transport;
import io.atomix.catalyst.serializer.CatalystSerializable;
import io.atomix.catalyst.serializer.Serializer;
import io.atomix.catalyst.serializer.TypeSerializer;
import io.atomix.catalyst.util.Listener;
import io.atomix.catalyst.util.concurrent.CatalystThread;
import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
import java.util.function.Consumer;
/**
* Transport connection.
*
* This is a low-level abstraction through which clients and servers communicate with one another once connected.
* This is more or less a lightweight interface over sockets that supports arbitrary messages.
*
* Messages sent over a connection must be serializable by the registered {@link Serializer}.
* This means that messages must implement {@link java.io.Serializable}, {@link java.io.Externalizable}, or
* {@link CatalystSerializable} or provide a custom {@link TypeSerializer}.
*
* @author Jordan Halterman
*/
public interface Connection {
/**
* Sends a message to the other side of the connection.
*
* The message must be serializable via the configured {@link Serializer} instance. This means it
* must implement {@link java.io.Serializable}, {@link java.io.Externalizable}, or {@link CatalystSerializable}
* or provide a custom {@link TypeSerializer}.
*
* Note that {@link Connection}s are bi-directional. That is, messages can be send either
* by the client or the server. All messages must have a reply, even if the reply is {@code null}. Once the reply
* has been received from the other side of the connection, the returned {@link java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture}
* will be completed.
*
* {@link Connection} implementations must guarantee that all reply
* {@link java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture futures} will be completed in the same
* {@link CatalystThread Catalyst thread}.
*
* @param message The message to send.
* @param The message type.
* @param The reply type.
* @return A completable future to be completed with the response.
* @throws NullPointerException if {@code message} is null
* @throws IllegalStateException if not called from a Catalyst thread
*/
CompletableFuture send(T message);
/**
* Sets a message handler on the connection.
*
* The message handler will be invoked each time a message of the given type is received from the other side of the
* connection. All messages are classified by type, and only one {@link MessageHandler} may
* be registered on the connection for any given type.
*
* The message handler must return a {@link java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture} to be completed with the message
* reply. The reply value must be serializable via the configured {@link Serializer} instance. This means it
* must implement {@link java.io.Serializable}, {@link java.io.Externalizable}, or {@link CatalystSerializable}
* or provide a custom {@link TypeSerializer}.
*
* @param type The message type for which to listen. This can be any class that is serializable by the configured
* {@link Serializer} instance.
* @param handler The type-specific message handler.
* @param The message type.
* @param The reply type.
* @throws NullPointerException if {@code type} is null
* @throws IllegalStateException if not called from a Catalyst thread
*/
Connection handler(Class type, MessageHandler handler);
/**
* Sets an exception listener on the connection.
*
* In the event of an exception in the connection, the provided listener's {@link Consumer#accept(Object)} method will
* be invoked. To unregister the listener, simply {@link Listener#close()} the returned
* {@link Listener}.
*
* @param listener The exception listener.
* @return The connection.
* @throws NullPointerException if {@code listener} is null
*/
Listener exceptionListener(Consumer listener);
/**
* Sets a close listener on the connection.
*
* The provided listener's {@link Consumer#accept(Object)} method will be invoked when the connection is closed. Note
* that a close event can be triggered via {@link Connection#close()} or by the
* {@link Client} or {@link Server} that created the connection.
*
* @param listener The close listener.
* @return The connection.
* @throws NullPointerException if {@code listener} is null
*/
Listener closeListener(Consumer listener);
/**
* Closes the connection.
*
* Once the connection is closed, no more messages can be {@link Connection#send(Object) sent} or
* {@link Connection#handler(Class, MessageHandler) received} by the connection. Any
* {@link Connection#closeListener(Consumer) close listeners} registered on the connection will be
* invoked, and the returned {@link java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture} will be completed once the connection has
* been closed.
*
* @return A completable future to be completed once the connection is closed.
*/
CompletableFuture close();
}