trunk/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/MessageDispatchChannel.java

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package org.apache.activemq;

import java.util.List;
import javax.jms.JMSException;
import org.apache.activemq.command.MessageDispatch;

public interface MessageDispatchChannel {

    public abstract void enqueue(MessageDispatch message);

    public abstract void enqueueFirst(MessageDispatch message);

    public abstract boolean isEmpty();

    /**
     * Used to get an enqueued message. The amount of time this method blocks is
     * based on the timeout value. - if timeout==-1 then it blocks until a
     * message is received. - if timeout==0 then it it tries to not block at
     * all, it returns a message if it is available - if timeout>0 then it
     * blocks up to timeout amount of time. Expired messages will consumed by
     * this method.
     * 
     * @throws JMSException
     * @return null if we timeout or if the consumer is closed.
     * @throws InterruptedException
     */
    public abstract MessageDispatch dequeue(long timeout) throws InterruptedException;

    public abstract MessageDispatch dequeueNoWait();

    public abstract MessageDispatch peek();

    public abstract void start();

    public abstract void stop();

    public abstract void close();

    public abstract void clear();

    public abstract boolean isClosed();

    public abstract int size();

    public abstract Object getMutex();

    public abstract boolean isRunning();

    public abstract List<MessageDispatch> removeAll();

}