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package org.lanternpowered.server.network.message;

import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * Represents a message that holds a bunch of other messages, this can be
 * used to return multiple messages from a codec.
 */
public final class BulkMessage implements Message {

    public static final BulkMessage EMPTY = new BulkMessage(ImmutableList.of());

    private final List<Message> messages;

    public BulkMessage(List<Message> messages) {
        this.messages = messages instanceof ImmutableList ? messages : ImmutableList.copyOf(messages);
    }

    /**
     * Gets the messages.
     *
     * @return the messages
     */
    public List<Message> getMessages() {
        return this.messages;
    }

}