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20 package org.apache.mina.handler.demux;
21
22 import org.apache.mina.core.session.IoSession;
23
24 /**
25 * A handler interface that {@link DemuxingIoHandler} forwards
26 * <tt>messageReceived</tt> or <tt>messageSent</tt> events to. You have to
27 * register your handler with the type of the message you want to get notified
28 * using {@link DemuxingIoHandler#addReceivedMessageHandler(Class, MessageHandler)}
29 * or {@link DemuxingIoHandler#addSentMessageHandler(Class, MessageHandler)}.
30 *
31 * @author The Apache MINA Project (dev@mina.apache.org)
32 */
33 public interface MessageHandler<E> {
34 /**
35 * A {@link MessageHandler} that does nothing. This is useful when
36 * you want to ignore a message of a specific type silently.
37 */
38 static MessageHandler<Object> NOOP = new MessageHandler<Object>() {
39 public void handleMessage(IoSession session, Object message) {
40 // Do nothing
41 }
42 };
43
44 /**
45 * Invoked when the specific type of message is received from or sent to
46 * the specified <code>session</code>.
47 *
48 * @param session the associated {@link IoSession}
49 * @param message the message to decode. Its type is set by the implementation
50 * @throws Exception if there is an error during the message processing
51 */
52 void handleMessage(IoSession session, E message) throws Exception;
53 }