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package io.hawtjms.provider.discovery;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Interface for all agents used to detect instances of remote peers on the network.
 */
public interface DiscoveryAgent {

    /**
     * Sets the discovery listener
     *
     * @param listener
     *        the listener to notify on discovery events, or null to clear.
     */
    void setDiscoveryListener(DiscoveryListener listener);

    /**
     * Starts the agent after which new remote peers can start to be found.
     *
     * @throws IOException if an IO error occurs while starting the agent.
     * @throws IllegalStateException if the agent is not properly configured.
     */
    void start() throws IOException, IllegalStateException;

    /**
     * Stops the agent after which no new remote peers will be found.  This
     * method should attempt to close any agent resources and if an error occurs
     * it should handle it and not re-throw to the calling entity.
     */
    void close();

    /**
     * Suspends the Agent which suppresses any new attempts to discover remote
     * peers until the agent is resumed.  If the service is not able to be suspended
     * then this method should not throw an Exception, simply return as if successful.
     */
    void suspend();

    /**
     * Resumes discovery by this agent if it was previously suspended.  If the agent
     * does not support being suspended or is closed this method should simply return
     * without throwing any exceptions.
     */
    void resume();

}