DiscoveryAgent.java

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package org.apache.openejb.server;

import java.net.URI;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * @version $Rev$ $Date$
 */
public interface DiscoveryAgent {
    /**
     * Sets the discovery listener
     *
     * @param listener
     */
    void setDiscoveryListener(DiscoveryListener listener);

    /**
     * register a service
     *
     * @param serviceUri
     * @param details
     */
    void registerService(URI serviceUri) throws IOException;

    /**
     * register a service
     *
     * @param serviceUri
     * @param details
     */
    void unregisterService(URI serviceUri) throws IOException;

    /**
     * A process actively using a service may see it go down before the DiscoveryAgent notices the
     * service's failure.  That process can use this method to notify the DiscoveryAgent of the failure
     * so that other listeners of this DiscoveryAgent can also be made aware of the failure.
     */
    void reportFailed(URI serviceUri) throws IOException;

}