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/*
 * Copyright 2011-2012 Gregory P. Moyer
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package org.syphr.mythtv.protocol;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.syphr.mythtv.types.FileTransferType;
import org.syphr.mythtv.types.SeekOrigin;

/**
 * This interface is a sub-protocol to {@link Protocol} and represents the
 * combined file transfer API of all MythTV protocols that are supported.
 * However, any functionality that is not part of the protocol present in the
 * most current stable release of MythTV will be marked as deprecated.
 * 
 * @author Gregory P. Moyer
 */
public interface QueryFileTransfer
{
    /**
     * Determine whether or not the associated file transfer socket is open.
     * 
     * @return true if the socket is open; false
     *         otherwise
     * @throws IOException
     *             if there is a communication or protocol error
     * 
     * @since 63
     */
    public boolean isOpen() throws IOException;

    /**
     * Inform the backend that the client has finished with this file transfer.

     * 

     * After sending this command, {@link Protocol#done()} should be sent and
     * this connection should be closed. Reusing the same connection after
     * issuing a done command (such as attempting to
     * {@link Protocol#annFileTransfer(String, org.syphr.mythtv.types.FileTransferType, boolean, long, java.net.URI, String, Protocol)
     * announce a new file transfer}) will not throw an error, but it will not
     * function correctly. MythTV requires a new connection in this instance.
     * 
     * @throws IOException
     *             if there is a communication or protocol error
     * 
     * @since 63
     */
    public void done() throws IOException;

    /**
     * Request data be sent over this file transfer socket.
     * 
     * @param bytes
     *            the number of bytes requested by the client
     * @return the number of bytes actually being transferred by the server
     *         (this does not have to match the request) or -1 if
     *         there was an error
     * @throws IOException
     *             if there is a communication or protocol error
     * 
     * @since 63
     */
    public long requestBlock(long bytes) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Notify the backend that data will be sent over this file transfer socket.
     * 
     * @param bytes
     *            the number of bytes to be transferred from the client
     * @return the number of bytes actually being transferred by the server
     *         (this does not have to match the request) or -1 if
     *         there was an error
     * @throws IOException
     *             if there is a communication or protocol error
     * 
     * @since 63
     */
    public long writeBlock(long bytes) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Request that the backend seek to another location in the file being
     * transferred.
     * 
     * @param position
     *            the desired position relative to the given origin
     * @param origin
     *            the base location from which to seek (the position offset will
     *            be applied to this location)
     * @param curPosition
     *            the current position (this is used with
     *            {@link SeekOrigin#CURRENT} because the backend has likely read
     *            beyond to some unknown point in the file, but it will use this
     *            value as the basis for determining the seek destination)
     * @return the new location as an offset from the beginning of the file or
     *         -1 if the request failed
     * @throws IOException
     *             if there is a communication or protocol error
     * 
     * @since 63
     */
    public long seek(long position, SeekOrigin origin, long curPosition) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Set the timeout to fast or slow. Fast timeouts are used for static files
     * and slow timeouts are used for live data streams.
     * 
     * @param fast
     *            if true, the timeout will be set to fast;
     *            otherwise the timeout will be set to slow
     * @throws IOException
     *             if there is a communication or protocol error
     * 
     * @since 63
     */
    public void setTimeout(boolean fast) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Flush the current file, close it, and either re-open it or open a new
     * file (if provided).

     * 

     * Note: this file transfer connection must be in
     * {@link FileTransferType#WRITE write} mode for this request to succeed.
     * 
     * @param filename
     *            optional name of a file to open after closing the current file
     *            (if null, the current file will be re-opened)
     * @return true if if the re-open operation completed
     *         successfully; false otherwise
     * @throws IOException
     *             if there is a communication or protocol error
     * 
     * @since 70
     */
    public boolean reOpen(String filename) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Retrieve the size of the file being transferred.
     * 
     * @return the file size
     */
    public long getSize();

    /**
     * Retrieve the transfer type for this instance.
     * 
     * @return the current transfer type
     */
    public FileTransferType getTransferType();
}