/*
   Copyright 2013 Nationale-Nederlanden

   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   You may obtain a copy of the License at

       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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*/
package nl.nn.adapterframework.core;

import java.util.Iterator;
/**
 * Methods for Receivers to supply statistics to a maintenance clients. Receivers indicate 
 * by implementing this interface that process- and idle statistics may be available for 
 * displaying.
 * 
 * @author Gerrit van Brakel
 */
public interface IReceiverStatistics  {
/**
 * @return an iterator of {@link nl.nn.adapterframework.statistics.StatisticsKeeper}s describing the durations of time that
 * the receiver has been waiting between messages.
 */
Iterator getIdleStatisticsIterator();

/**
 * @return an iterator of {@link nl.nn.adapterframework.statistics.StatisticsKeeper}s describing the durations of time that
 * the receiver has been waiting for the adapter to process messages.
 */
Iterator getProcessStatisticsIterator();
}