/*
* Mojito Distributed Hash Table (Mojito DHT)
* Copyright (C) 2006-2007 LimeWire LLC
*
* 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.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
*/
package org.limewire.mojito.messages;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.net.SocketAddress;
/**
* A MessageID is an unique identifier for Messages.
*/
public interface MessageID extends Serializable {
/**
* Returns true if tagging is supported.
*/
public boolean isTaggingSupported();
/**
* Returns whether or not we're the originator of the MessageID.
*
* @throws UnsupportedOperationException if tagging is not supported
*/
public boolean isFor(SocketAddress dst);
/**
* Writes this MessageID to the OutputStream.
*/
public void write(OutputStream os) throws IOException;
/**
* Returns the length of the MessageID in bytes.
*/
public int getLength();
/**
* Returns the raw bytes of the MessageID. The
* returned byte[] array is a copy and modifications
* are not reflected to the MessageID.
*/
public byte[] getBytes();
/**
* Returns the raw bytes of the current MessageID from the specified interval.
*/
public byte[] getBytes(int srcPos, byte[] dest, int destPos, int length);
}