Executable.java

/**
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package bftsmart.tom.server;

import bftsmart.tom.MessageContext;

/**
 * 
 * Executables that implement this interface can received unordered client requests.
 * To support ordered requests, objects that implement this interface must also implement
 * either 'FIFOExecutable', 'BatchExecutable' or 'SingleExecutable'.
 * 
 * @author Marcel Santos
 *
 */
public interface Executable {

    /**
     * Method called to execute a request totally ordered.
     * 
     * The message context contains some useful information such as the command
     * sender.
     * 
     * @param command the command issue by the client
     * @param msgCtx information related with the command
     * 
     * @return the reply for the request issued by the client
     */
    public byte[] executeUnordered(byte[] command, MessageContext msgCtx);
}