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package appeng.api.networking.ticking;


import appeng.api.networking.IGridCache;
import appeng.api.networking.IGridNode;


/**
 * The network tick manager.
 */
public interface ITickManager extends IGridCache
{

	/**
	 * immediately sets the node to tick, only valid if your node is marked as "Alertable" in its TickingRequest
	 *
	 * Sleeping Devices Still Alertable, when your tile is alerted its new status is determined by the result of its
	 * tick.
	 *
	 * @param node gridnode
	 */
	boolean alertDevice( IGridNode node );

	/**
	 * disables ticking for your device.
	 *
	 * @param node gridnode
	 *
	 * @return if the call was successful.
	 */
	boolean sleepDevice( IGridNode node );

	/**
	 * enables ticking for your device, undoes a sleepDevice call.
	 *
	 * @param node gridnode
	 *
	 * @return if the call was successful.
	 */
	boolean wakeDevice( IGridNode node );
}