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package jetbrains.communicator.core.transport;
import org.jdom.Element;
/**
* These are chunks of information Transports exchange with.
*
* @author Kir
*/
public interface XmlMessage {
String WHEN_ATTR = "when";
String getTagName();
String getTagNamespace();
boolean needsResponse();
/** The implementation should fill message data under element
* @param element element created according to {@link #getTagName()} and {@link #getTagNamespace()};
* can be used for providing additional message data
*/
void fillRequest(Element element);
/** Should be called with data - response to the current request if {@link #needsResponse()} returns true */
void processResponse(Element responseElement);
}