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20 package org.apache.mina.filter.codec;
21
22 import org.apache.mina.core.buffer.IoBuffer;
23 import org.apache.mina.core.file.FileRegion;
24 import org.apache.mina.core.future.WriteFuture;
25
26 /**
27 * Callback for {@link ProtocolEncoder} to generate encoded messages such as
28 * {@link IoBuffer}s. {@link ProtocolEncoder} must call {@link #write(Object)}
29 * for each encoded message.
30 *
31 * @author The Apache MINA Project (dev@mina.apache.org)
32 * @version $Rev: 671827 $, $Date: 2008-06-26 10:49:48 +0200 (jeu, 26 jun 2008) $
33 */
34 public interface ProtocolEncoderOutput {
35 /**
36 * Callback for {@link ProtocolEncoder} to generate an encoded message such
37 * as an {@link IoBuffer}. {@link ProtocolEncoder} must call
38 * {@link #write(Object)} for each encoded message.
39 *
40 * @param encodedMessage the encoded message, typically an {@link IoBuffer}
41 * or a {@link FileRegion}.
42 */
43 void write(Object encodedMessage);
44
45 /**
46 * Merges all buffers you wrote via {@link #write(Object)} into
47 * one {@link IoBuffer} and replaces the old fragmented ones with it.
48 * This method is useful when you want to control the way MINA generates
49 * network packets. Please note that this method only works when you
50 * called {@link #write(Object)} method with only {@link IoBuffer}s.
51 *
52 * @throws IllegalStateException if you wrote something else than {@link IoBuffer}
53 */
54 void mergeAll();
55
56 /**
57 * Flushes all buffers you wrote via {@link #write(Object)} to
58 * the session. This operation is asynchronous; please wait for
59 * the returned {@link WriteFuture} if you want to wait for
60 * the buffers flushed.
61 *
62 * @return <tt>null</tt> if there is nothing to flush at all.
63 */
64 WriteFuture flush();
65 }