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package com.hazelcast.spi.impl.packetdispatcher;
import com.hazelcast.nio.Packet;
/**
* The {@link PacketDispatcher} is responsible for dispatching a Packet to the appropriate service.
*
* When it receives a Packet (from the IO system) it dispatches to the appropriate service, e.g :
* <ol>
* <li>OperationService</li>
* <li>EventService</li>
* <li>WanReplicationService</li>
* </ol>
*/
public interface PacketDispatcher {
/**
* Dispatches a packet to the appropriate service.
*
* This method is likely going to be called from the IO system when it takes a Packet of the wire and offers it to be
* processed by the system.
*
* The implementation should not throw any exception; they should be handled by the PacketDispatcher. The IO thread should
* not be bothered by such a task.
*
* Important:
* Don't do anything time consuming on the thread that calls the dispatch method. It can quickly cause bad performance on the
* io system.
*
* @param packet the Packet to dispatch.
*/
void dispatch(Packet packet);
}