StreamSender.java

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 * Copyright (c) 2004 Composent, Inc. and others.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
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 *
 * Contributors:
 *    Composent, Inc. - initial API and implementation
 *****************************************************************************/

package org.eclipse.ecf.example.collab.share.io;

public interface StreamSender {
	/**
	 * Send a message with data to remote replica(s). This method is called by
	 * the SharedObjectOutputStream when sends some data via the replicated
	 * object. The replicated object that implements this interface should send
	 * a message to one or all remote replicas that contains the information
	 * contained in this method signature. Remote replicas should then turn
	 * around and call the 'add' method on their SharedObjectInputStream to
	 * receive the data.
	 * 
	 * @param currentCount
	 *            the length of the data (assuming data are compressed)
	 * @param data
	 *            the actual data to send
	 */
	public void sendDataMsg(int currentCount, byte[] data);
}