/*
* This file is part of "JTA - Telnet/SSH for the JAVA(tm) platform".
*
* (c) Matthias L. Jugel, Marcus Meißner 1996-2005. All Rights Reserved.
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package de.mud.jta;
/**
* A plugin bus is used for communication between plugins. The interface
* describes the broadcast method that should broad cast the message
* to all plugins known and return an answer message immediatly.<P>
* The functionality is just simuliar to a bus, but depends on the
* actual implementation of the bus.
* <P>
* <B>Maintainer:</B> Matthias L. Jugel
*
* @version $Id: PluginBus.java 499 2005-09-29 08:24:54Z leo $
* @author Matthias L. Jugel, Marcus Mei�ner
*/
public interface PluginBus {
/** Broadcast a plugin message to all listeners. */
public Object broadcast(PluginMessage message);
/** Register a plugin listener with this bus object */
public void registerPluginListener(PluginListener listener);
}