/*
* Created on Oct 31, 2005
* Created by Alon Rohter
* Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Aelitis, All Rights Reserved.
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
* as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
* of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
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* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
*
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*
*/
package com.aelitis.azureus.core.clientmessageservice;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Map;
/**
*
*/
public interface ClientMessageService {
/**
* Send the given message to the server service.
* NOTE: blocking op
* @param message (bencode-able) to send
* @throws IOException on error
*/
public void sendMessage( Map message ) throws IOException;
/**
* Receive the next message from the server.
* NOTE: blocking op
* @return message received
* @throws IOException on error
*/
public Map receiveMessage() throws IOException;
/**
* Drop and closedown the connection with the server.
*/
public void close();
/**
* Override the default max message size
* @param max_bytes
*/
public void
setMaximumMessageSize( int max_bytes );
}