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package org.apache.mina.handler.demux;

import org.apache.mina.core.session.IoSession;

/**
 * A handler interface that {@link DemuxingIoHandler} forwards
 * messageReceived or messageSent events to.  You have to
 * register your handler with the type of the message you want to get notified
 * using {@link DemuxingIoHandler#addReceivedMessageHandler(Class, MessageHandler)}
 * or {@link DemuxingIoHandler#addSentMessageHandler(Class, MessageHandler)}.
 *
 * @param  The message type
 * @author Apache MINA Project
 */
public interface MessageHandler {
    /**
     * A {@link MessageHandler} that does nothing.  This is useful when
     * you want to ignore a message of a specific type silently.
     */
    MessageHandler