/*
* RHQ Management Platform
* Copyright (C) 2005-2008 Red Hat, Inc.
* All rights reserved.
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2, as
* published by the Free Software Foundation, and/or the GNU Lesser
* General Public License, version 2.1, also as published by the Free
* Software Foundation.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License and the GNU Lesser General Public License
* for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* and the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program;
* if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
* 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
*/
package org.rhq.core.pc.agent;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
/**
* An interface to any object that can prepare a stream for remote access.
*
* @author John Mazzitelli
*/
public interface AgentServiceStreamRemoter {
/**
* Given an input stream, this will prepare it to be accessed by remote clients. You should be able to send the
* returned input stream remote clients.
*
* @param stream the stream to remote
*
* @return the remoted input stream, possibly wrapped in a proxy to support remote access
*/
InputStream prepareInputStream(InputStream stream);
/**
* Given an output stream, this will prepare it to be accessed by remote clients. You should be able to send the
* returned output stream remote clients.
*
* @param stream the stream to remote
*
* @return the remoted output stream, possibly wrapped in a proxy to support remote access
*/
OutputStream prepareOutputStream(OutputStream stream);
}