/**
* Copyright 2016 LinkedIn Corp. All rights reserved.
*
* 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
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
*/
package com.github.ambry.network;
import java.io.IOException;
/**
* Basic network server used to accept / send request and responses
*/
public interface NetworkServer {
/**
* Starts the network server
* @throws IOException
* @throws InterruptedException
*/
void start() throws IOException, InterruptedException;
/**
* Shuts down the network server
*/
void shutdown();
/**
* Provides the request response channel used by this network server
* @return The RequestResponseChannel used by the network layer to queue requests and response
*/
RequestResponseChannel getRequestResponseChannel();
}