Handle.java

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 * Copyright 2014-2015 JKOOL, LLC.
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package com.jkoolcloud.tnt4j.core;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * <p>
 * This interface defines a handle interface, which can be opened, closed.
 * </p>
 *
 *
 * @version $Revision: 1 $
 *
 */
public interface Handle extends java.io.Closeable {

	/**
	 * This method determines of the message destination is in open state
	 * and ready for writing.
	 *
	 * @return true if open, false otherwise.
	 */
	boolean isOpen();

	/**
	 * This method opens and prepares message destination for writing.
	 *
	 * @throws IOException if error opening handle
	 */
	void open() throws IOException;
}