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/*
 * RHQ Management Platform
 * Copyright (C) 2005-2008 Red Hat, Inc.
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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package org.rhq.enterprise.communications.command.client;

import org.rhq.enterprise.communications.command.Command;
import org.rhq.enterprise.communications.command.CommandResponse;

/**
 * This interface allows implementors to perform logic just before and just after the send.  For asynchronous
 * commands there may be a time lag between queuing and sending. And, the send may be performed on a different
 * thread than the queuing. The main purpose of this is to provide a chance to set thread-local information
 * that can affect the serialization logic.
 *
 * @author Jay Shaughnessy
 * @author John Mazzitelli
 */
public interface SendCallback {

    /**
     * This method provides the hook for pre-send logic. (such as setting ThreadLocals on the sender thread).
     *
     * @param command the command being sent
     */
    void sending(Command command);

    /**
     * This method provides the hook for post-send logic. The command response can be inspected/manipulated if desired.
     * If not modifying the response the method should return the passed-in .
     *
     * @param command the command being sent
     * @return the command response. Not null, should return a new CommandRespose or the the passed in .
     */
    CommandResponse sent(Command command, CommandResponse response);
}