/*
 * Copyright 2012 Thomas Bocek
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
 * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
 * the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
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 */

package net.tomp2p.p2p;

import net.tomp2p.message.Message;

/**
 * The handler that is called when a broadcast message is received.
 * One way to implement this would be to send it to random peers.
 * 
 * @author Thomas Bocek
 * 
 */
public interface BroadcastHandler {
    /**
     * This method is called when a peer receives a broadcast message request. It is up to the peer to decide what to do
     * with it.
     * 
     * @param message
     *            The message that was received in the broadcast message
     */
	BroadcastHandler receive(Message message);

    BroadcastHandler init(Peer peer);
}