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package org.snmp4j.agent.request;

import org.snmp4j.smi.OID;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
import org.snmp4j.smi.OctetString;
// JavaDoc
import org.snmp4j.agent.ManagedObject;

/**
 * The {@code Request} interface defines common elements of SNMP related
 * operation requests.
 *
 * @param  source object that trigger the {@link Request} creation.
 * @param  the response object returned by this {@link Request}.
 * @param  the {@link SubRequest} sub-type used to process this request.
 *
 * @author Frank Fock
 * @version 1.2
 */
public interface Request> {

    int PHASE_INIT = -1;
    int PHASE_1PC = 0;
    int PHASE_2PC_PREPARE  = 1;
    int PHASE_2PC_COMMIT   = 2;
    int PHASE_2PC_UNDO     = 3;
    int PHASE_2PC_CLEANUP  = 4;

    /**
     * Finds the first sub-request whose OID starts with the supplied one.
     * @param prefix
     *    the OID prefix of the sub-request OID.
     * @return
     *    the first {@code SubRequest} instance of this request whose OID
     *    starts with {@code prefix}. If no such sub-request exits
     *    {@code null} is returned.
     */
    U find(OID prefix);

    /**
     * Returns the response object for this request.
     * @return
     *    an object containing the response for this request.
     */
    R getResponse();

    /**
     * Checks whether the response for this request is complete.
     * @return
     *    {@code true} if all required data has been collected to create
     *    a response for this request, {@code false} otherwise.
     */
    boolean isComplete();

    /**
     * Checks whether the current phase is complete.
     * @return
     *    {@code true} if all required processing has been finished for
     *    the current request phase. For single phase request types this method
     *    returns the same result as {@link #isComplete()}.
     */
    boolean isPhaseComplete();

    /**
     * Returns the initiating event object for the request.
     * @return
     *    an {@code Object} instance on whose behalf this request
     *    has been initiated.
     */
    S getSource();

    /**
     * Gets the context of the request.
     * @return
     *    an {@code OctetString} instance.
     */
    OctetString getContext();

    /**
     * Gets the sub-request at the specified index.
     * @param index
     *    an index {@code >= 0 and < size()}
     * @return
     *    a {@code SnmpSubRequest} instance.
     */
    U get(int index);

    /**
     * Gets the number of sub-requests in this request. For GETBULK requests
     * this number may increase over time.
     * @return
     *    a positive integer (greater or equal to zero).
     */
    int size();

    /**
     * Gets the phase identifier of the current Two-Phase-Commit (2PC) phase of
     * this request.
     * @return
     *    a 2PC identifier
     */
    int getPhase();

    /**
     * Initializes next phase and returns its identifier.
     * @return
     *    a phase identifier.
     * @throws NoSuchElementException if there is no next phase for this type
     * of request.
     */
    int nextPhase() throws NoSuchElementException;

    /**
     * Sets the request phase.
     * @param phase
     *    a phase identifier.
     * @throws NoSuchElementException if there is no such phase for this type
     * of request.
     */
    void setPhase(int phase) throws NoSuchElementException;

    /**
     * Returns an {@code Iterator} over the sub-requests of this request.
     * @return
     *    an {@code Iterator}
     */
    Iterator iterator();

    void setViewName(OctetString viewName);

    OctetString getViewName();

    OctetString getSecurityName();

    int getMessageProcessingModel();

    int getSecurityModel();

    int getSecurityLevel();

    int getViewType();

    void setErrorStatus(int errorStatus);

    int getErrorStatus();

    int getErrorIndex();

    int getTransactionID();

    /**
     * Set the processed status of each (incomplete) sub-request to
     * {@code false}.
     */
    void resetProcessedStatus();

    /**
     * Returns the value of the reprocessing counter associated with this request.
     * The reprocessing counter can be used to detect and handle endless-loop
     * errors caused by instrumentation code not setting the completion status
     * of a sub-request correctly.
     * @return
     *    0 after the initial (and normally last) processing iteration and
     *    {@code n} after the {@code n}-th reprocessing iteration.
     * @see #incReprocessCounter()
     */
    int getReprocessCounter();

    /**
     * Increments the reprocess counter by one.
     * @see #getReprocessCounter()
     */
    void incReprocessCounter();

    /**
     * Gets the processing user object for the specified key. By default
     * there is no such object associated with a request, but
     * {@link ManagedObject}s may put their own objects into the request
     * (for example to avoid unnecessary updates on behalf of the same request).
     *
     * @param key
     *    an Object.
     * @return
     *    the associated Object or {@code null} if their exists no such
     *    association.
     * @since 1.2
     */
    Object getProcessingUserObject(Object key);

    /**
     * Sets an user object association.
     *
     * @param key
     *    a key Object.
     * @param value
     *    a value Object associated with {@code key}.
     * @return
     *    the previous value associated with {@code key} or {@code null}
     *    if no such association existed.
     * @since 1.2
     */
    Object setProcessingUserObject(Object key, Object value);
}