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* Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
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package org.hibernate.search.backend.impl.jgroups;
import org.jgroups.Address;
import org.jgroups.Message;
import org.jgroups.View;
/**
* Abstract away message submission.
* e.g. either via channel directly or using message dispatcher
*
* @author <a href="mailto:ales.justin@jboss.org">Ales Justin</a>
*/
public interface MessageSender {
/**
* Start sender.
*/
void start();
/**
* Stop sender.
*/
void stop();
/**
* Send message.
*
* @param message the JGroups message
* @throws java.lang.Exception for any error
*/
void send(Message message) throws Exception;
/**
* Get sender's address.
*
* @return the sender's address
*/
Address getAddress();
/**
* Get current view.
*
* @return the current cluster view
*/
View getView();
}