SecureMessageServiceClient.java

/*
 * Created on 03-Nov-2005
 * Created by Paul Gardner
 * Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Aelitis, All Rights Reserved.
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package com.aelitis.azureus.core.clientmessageservice.secure;

import java.util.Map;

public interface 
SecureMessageServiceClient 
{
	public SecureMessageServiceClientMessage
	sendMessage(
		Map			request,
		Object		client_data,
		String		description );
	
		/**
		 * This shouldn't be required under normal circumstances as message addition causes
		 * dispatch and the server handles retries itself. However, sometimes it is necessary to
		 * force a dispatch to occur (e.g. to validate new authentication information immediately
		 * rather than wait for it to happen naturally)
		 */
	
	public void
	sendMessages();
	
	public SecureMessageServiceClientMessage[]
	getMessages();
	
	public void
	addListener(
		SecureMessageServiceClientListener	l );
	
	public void
	removeListener(
		SecureMessageServiceClientListener	l );
}