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package jade.core.messaging;

//#J2ME_EXCLUDE_FILE

import jade.core.Service;
import jade.core.AID;
import jade.core.ContainerID;
import jade.core.Location;
import jade.core.IMTPException;
import jade.core.ServiceException;
import jade.core.NotFoundException;
import jade.core.NameClashException;

import jade.lang.acl.ACLMessage;
import jade.lang.acl.MessageTemplate;



/**
   The horizontal interface for the JADE kernel-level service managing
   the message passing subsystem installed in the platform.

   @author Giovanni Rimassa - FRAMeTech s.r.l.
*/
public interface PersistentDeliverySlice extends Service.Slice {

    // Constants for the names of the service vertical commands

    /**
       The name of this service.
    */
    static final String NAME = "jade.core.messaging.PersistentDelivery";

    /**
       This command name represents the action of activating a message
       store for undelivered ACL messages, on the specified node.
    */
    //static final String ACTIVATE_MESSAGE_STORE = "Activate-Message-Store";

    /**
       This command name represents the action of deactivating a message
       store for undelivered ACL messages, on the specified node.
    */
    //static final String DEACTIVATE_MESSAGE_STORE = "Deactivate-Message-Store";

    /**
       This command name represents the action of adding a given message
       template to a message store, so that undelivered ACL messages
       addressed to that ID will be retained.
    */
    //static final String REGISTER_MESSAGE_TEMPLATE = "Register-Message-Template";

    /**
       This command name represents the action of removing a given
       message template from a message store. This stops the retention
       of undelivered ACL messages for that agent ID.
    */
    //static final String DEREGISTER_MESSAGE_TEMPLATE = "Deregister-Message-Template";


    // Constants for the names of horizontal commands associated to methods
    //static final String H_ACTIVATEMSGSTORE = "1";
    //static final String H_DEACTIVATEMSGSTORE = "2";
    //static final String H_REGISTERTEMPLATE = "3";
    //static final String H_DEREGISTERTEMPLATE = "4";
    static final String H_STOREMESSAGE = "5";
    static final String H_FLUSHMESSAGES = "6";


    /*void activateMsgStore(String name) throws IMTPException, NameClashException;
    void deactivateMsgStore(String name) throws IMTPException, NotFoundException;

    void registerTemplate(String storeName, MessageTemplate mt) throws IMTPException, NotFoundException, NameClashException;
    void deregisterTemplate(String storeName, MessageTemplate mt) throws IMTPException, NotFoundException;
    */

    boolean storeMessage(String storeName, GenericMessage msg, AID receiver) throws IMTPException, NotFoundException;
    void flushMessages(AID receiver) throws IMTPException;

}