ConnectionContext.java

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package com.facebook.nifty.core;

import com.facebook.nifty.ssl.SslSession;

import java.net.SocketAddress;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Map;

public interface ConnectionContext
{
    /**
     * Gets the remote address of the client that made the request
     *
     * @return The client's remote address as a {@link SocketAddress}
     */
    public SocketAddress getRemoteAddress();

    /**
     * Returns the SslSession of the connection. This could be null if the
     * channel is not using SSL.
     *
     * @return a {@link SslSession} object for the current connection or {@code null} if not using SSL.
     */
    public SslSession getSslSession();

    /**
     * Gets the value of an additional attribute specific to the connection
     *
     * @param attributeName Name of attribute
     * @return Attribute value, or {@code null} if not present
     */
    public Object getAttribute(String attributeName);

    /**
     * Sets the value of an additional attribute specific to the connection
     *
     * @param attributeName Name of attribute
     * @param value New value of attribute. Must not be {@code null}
     * @return Old attribute value, or {@code null} if not present
     */
    public Object setAttribute(String attributeName, Object value);

    /**
     * Removes an additional attribute specific to the connection
     *
     * @param attributeName Name of attribute
     * @return Old attribute value, or {@code null} if attribute was not present
     */
    public Object removeAttribute(String attributeName);

    /**
     * Returns a read-only iterator over the additional attributes
     * @return Iterator
     */
    public Iterator<Map.Entry<String, Object>> attributeIterator();
}