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package jade.core;

//#APIDOC_EXCLUDE_FILE


/**
   This interface is used to notify the JADE kernel of important
   events related to the platform nodes.
   <ul>
   <li>Node addition.</li>
   <li>Node removal.</li>
   <li>An existing node has become suddenly unreachable.</li>
   <li>An existing node has become reachable again.</li>
   </ul>

   @author Giovanni Rimassa - FRAMeTech s.r.l.

   @see jade.core.ServiceManagerImpl
*/
public interface NodeEventListener {

    /**
       This method is invoked when a new node has joined the platform.

       @param n The newly added platform node.
    */
    void nodeAdded(Node n);

    /**
       This method is invoked when a node has left the platform.

       @param n The node that has just left.
    */
    void nodeRemoved(Node n);

    /**
       This method is invoked when the local node discovers that a
       platform node is not reachable anymore. The discovery is due to
       some IMTP-specific network mechanism, and <em>does not</em>
       mean that the remote node has failed. A subsequent
       <code>nodeReachable()</code> call might be issued when the IMTP
       connection becomes working again.

       @param n The node that has become unreachable.
    */
    void nodeUnreachable(Node n);

    /**
       This method is invoked when the local node discovers that a
       platform node, that was previously unreachable, has become
       reachable again.

       @param n The node that has become reachable again.
    */
    void nodeReachable(Node n);

}