Extension.java

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package org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.api.extensions;

/**
 * Interface for WebSocket Extensions.
 * <p>
 * That {@link Frame}s are passed through the Extension via the {@link IncomingFrames} and {@link OutgoingFrames} interfaces
 */
public interface Extension extends IncomingFrames, OutgoingFrames
{
    /**
     * The active configuration for this extension.
     * 
     * @return the configuration for this extension. never null.
     */
    public ExtensionConfig getConfig();

    /**
     * The <code>Sec-WebSocket-Extensions</code> name for this extension.
     * <p>
     * Also known as the <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6455#section-9.1"><code>extension-token</code> per Section 9.1. Negotiating Extensions</a>.
     * @return the name of the extension
     */
    public String getName();

    /**
     * Used to indicate that the extension makes use of the RSV1 bit of the base websocket framing.
     * <p>
     * This is used to adjust validation during parsing, as well as a checkpoint against 2 or more extensions all simultaneously claiming ownership of RSV1.
     * 
     * @return true if extension uses RSV1 for its own purposes.
     */
    public abstract boolean isRsv1User();

    /**
     * Used to indicate that the extension makes use of the RSV2 bit of the base websocket framing.
     * <p>
     * This is used to adjust validation during parsing, as well as a checkpoint against 2 or more extensions all simultaneously claiming ownership of RSV2.
     * 
     * @return true if extension uses RSV2 for its own purposes.
     */
    public abstract boolean isRsv2User();

    /**
     * Used to indicate that the extension makes use of the RSV3 bit of the base websocket framing.
     * <p>
     * This is used to adjust validation during parsing, as well as a checkpoint against 2 or more extensions all simultaneously claiming ownership of RSV3.
     * 
     * @return true if extension uses RSV3 for its own purposes.
     */
    public abstract boolean isRsv3User();

    /**
     * Set the next {@link IncomingFrames} to call in the chain.
     * 
     * @param nextIncoming
     *            the next incoming extension
     */
    public void setNextIncomingFrames(IncomingFrames nextIncoming);

    /**
     * Set the next {@link OutgoingFrames} to call in the chain.
     * 
     * @param nextOutgoing
     *            the next outgoing extension
     */
    public void setNextOutgoingFrames(OutgoingFrames nextOutgoing);
}