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package org.apache.synapse.transport.pipe;
import org.apache.axis2.AxisFault;
import org.apache.axis2.description.ParameterInclude;
/**
* Datagram stream protocol implementation.
* <p>
* This interface is used to define protocols that encapsulate sequences of
* datagrams into streams.
* <p>
* Note that implementations of this interface are supposed to be stateless.
* The decoding is handled by {@link ProtocolDecoder} implementations which
* are statefull.
*/
public interface Protocol {
/**
* Initialize this protocol implementation using a given set of
* parameters.
*
* @param paramInclude the set of parameters to use
* @throws AxisFault if the protocol implementation failed to initialize
*/
void init(ParameterInclude paramInclude) throws AxisFault;
/**
* Create a new protocol decoder for this protocol implementation.
*
* @return the protocol decoder
*/
ProtocolDecoder createProtocolDecoder();
}