/*
* Created on 14 Jan 2008
* Created by Allan Crooks
* Copyright (C) 2007 Aelitis, All Rights Reserved.
*
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* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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*/
package org.gudy.azureus2.plugins.dht.mainline;
//import lbms.plugins.mldht.azureus.MainlineDHTProvider;
/**
* Used for registering and unregistering plugins which connect to the mainline DHT
* network. Plugins must implement the {@link MainlineDHTProvider} interface and
* register with this class so that Azureus can indicate it provides DHT support.
*
* @since 3.0.4.3
*/
public interface MainlineDHTManager {
/**
* Registers an object to be used for mainline DHT support. There is only one
* <i>slot</i> available, so if multiple plugins attempt to register themselves,
* only the last one will be used. If you pass <tt>null</tt> as an argument, it
* will cause Azureus to disable support for mainline DHT.
*/
public void setProvider(MainlineDHTProvider provider);
/**
* Returns the current DHT provider, or <tt>null</tt> if there isn't one.
*/
public MainlineDHTProvider getProvider();
// public void setProvider(org.gudy.azureus2.plugins.dht.mainline.MainlineDHTProvider mlDHTProvider);
}