trunk/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/Connection.java

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package org.apache.activemq.broker;

import java.io.IOException;
import org.apache.activemq.Service;
import org.apache.activemq.broker.region.ConnectionStatistics;
import org.apache.activemq.command.Command;
import org.apache.activemq.command.ConnectionControl;
import org.apache.activemq.command.Response;

/**
 * 
 */
public interface Connection extends Service {

    /**
     * @return the connector that created this connection.
     */
    Connector getConnector();

    /**
     * Sends a message to the client.
     * 
     * @param message the message to send to the client.
     */
    void dispatchSync(Command message);

    /**
     * Sends a message to the client.
     * 
     * @param command
     */
    void dispatchAsync(Command command);

    /**
     * Services a client command and submits it to the broker.
     * 
     * @param command
     * @return Response
     */
    Response service(Command command);

    /**
     * Handles an unexpected error associated with a connection.
     * 
     * @param error
     */
    void serviceException(Throwable error);

    /**
     * @return true if the Connection is slow
     */
    boolean isSlow();

    /**
     * @return if after being marked, the Connection is still writing
     */
    boolean isBlocked();

    /**
     * @return true if the Connection is connected
     */
    boolean isConnected();

    /**
     * @return true if the Connection is active
     */
    boolean isActive();

    /**
     * Returns the number of messages to be dispatched to this connection
     */
    int getDispatchQueueSize();

    /**
     * Returns the statistics for this connection
     */
    ConnectionStatistics getStatistics();

    /**
     * @return true if the Connection will process control commands
     */
    boolean isManageable();

    /**
     * @return the source address for this connection
     */
    String getRemoteAddress();

    void serviceExceptionAsync(IOException e);

    String getConnectionId();
    
    /**
     * return true if a network connection
     * @return
     */
    boolean isNetworkConnection();
    
    /**
     * @return true if a fault tolerant connection
     */
    boolean isFaultTolerantConnection();
    
    void updateClient(ConnectionControl control);

}