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package org.bitcoinj.net;

import java.time.Duration;

/**
 * Provides basic support for socket timeouts. It is used instead of integrating timeouts into the
 * NIO select thread both for simplicity and to keep code shared between NIO and blocking sockets as much as possible.
 */
public interface TimeoutHandler {
    /**
     * Enables or disables the timeout entirely. This may be useful if you want to store the timeout value but wish
     * to temporarily disable/enable timeouts.
     *
     * The default is for timeoutEnabled to be true but timeout to be set to 0 (ie disabled).
     *
     * This call will reset the current progress towards the timeout.
     */
    void setTimeoutEnabled(boolean timeoutEnabled);

    /**
     * Sets the receive timeout, automatically killing the connection if no
     * messages are received for this long
     *
     * A timeout of {@link Duration#ZERO} is interpreted as no timeout.
     *
     * The default is for timeoutEnabled to be true but timeout to be set to {@link Duration#ZERO} (ie disabled).
     *
     * This call will reset the current progress towards the timeout.
     */
    void setSocketTimeout(Duration timeout);
}