/**
* Copyright (C) 2002-2012 The FreeCol Team
*
* This file is part of FreeCol.
*
* FreeCol 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.
*
* FreeCol 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 FreeCol. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package net.sf.freecol.common.networking;
import net.sf.freecol.common.FreeColException;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
/**
* Handles complete incoming messages.
*/
public interface MessageHandler {
/**
* Handles the main element of an XML message.
*
* @param connection The connection the message came from.
* @param element The element to handle.
* @return The reply (if any) or <i>null</i>.
* @throws FreeColException
*/
public Element handle(Connection connection, Element element) throws FreeColException;
}