/*
* This file is part of LanternServer, licensed under the MIT License (MIT).
*
* Copyright (c) LanternPowered <https://www.lanternpowered.org>
* Copyright (c) SpongePowered <https://www.spongepowered.org>
* Copyright (c) contributors
*
* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
* of this software and associated documentation files (the Software), to deal
* in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
* to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
* copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
* furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions
*
* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
* all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
*
* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
* IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
* AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
* LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
* OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
* THE SOFTWARE.
*/
package org.lanternpowered.server.network.entity;
public interface EntityProtocolInitContext {
/**
* Acquires the next free id.
*
* @return The id
*/
int acquire();
int[] acquire(int count);
int[] acquire(int[] array);
/**
* Similar to {@link #acquire()}, but all the ids are following
* the last one. For example: int[4] -> { 5, 6, 7, 8 }
*
* @return The ids
*/
// TODO: Better name?
int[] acquireRow(int count);
/**
* Similar to {@link #acquire()}, but all the ids are following
* the last one. For example: int[4] -> { 5, 6, 7, 8 }
*
* @return The ids
*/
// TODO: Better name?
int[] acquireRow(int[] array);
/**
* Releases the id so that it can be reused.
*
* @param id The id
*/
void release(int id);
void release(int[] array);
}