package org.jacorb.notification.interfaces;
/*
* JacORB - a free Java ORB
*
* Copyright (C) 1999-2014 Gerald Brose / The JacORB Team.
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library 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
* Library General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
* License along with this library; if not, write to the Free
* Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
*
*/
/**
* The interface MessageConsumer provides an abstraction of an ProxySupplier. <br>
* The MessageConsumer is responsible to maintain the Connection to the real Consumer. To deliver a
* Message the MessageConsumer converts the Message to the appropiate Format (Any, StructuredEvent,
* Sequence of StructuredEvent) required by its Consumer and delivers it. <br>
*
* @author Alphonse Bendt
*/
public interface MessageConsumer extends Comparable
{
/**
* Deliver a Message to the associated Consumer.
*/
void queueMessage(Message m);
/**
* check if this MessageConsumer is still valid.
*/
boolean isDestroyed();
void destroy();
}